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"First, there is no such entity as the "Great Lodge of England," at least not in recognized Freemasonry. Grand Lodges seek recognition based on the United Grand Lodge of England because of the history, not because of any subservience to the Crown. Every recognized Lodge in existence can trace...

^^^truth.

Hailing from Niagara region over here.

"Not getting your own way is not equal to persecution. From what I've seen, the "whiners" are generally intolerant, small-minded people who believe their way is the only way and would prefer to force-feed all of into believing the same thing." • I agree with this. There would seem to be a...

That's horrible. To think this goes on in modern society still. Would the freedom the Egyptian people desire include freedom of religion? If so they are doing a horrible job at supporting that freedom.

These pics remind me of the Hubble Deep Field Images. There were something close to 3000 galaxies in the small area it zoomed in on. There are small red points of light that are galaxies 600 million light years away, and the light they we see is how they were that long ago. Truly amazing.

"Some lodges have tried education and were successful. Other lodges have tried it with no success. The only pattern I see is the amount of direct personal mentoring has an effect of attendance." • I couldn't agree more. I think both mentoring and education are two side of the same coin, and...

Also the Queen doesn't care if your a Mason if you are being knighted. Knighthood on that sense has nothing to do with Freemasonry.

The majority of the Grand orient system is not recognized by mainstream/PHA GL's in North America, England and parts of Europe.

I think most people leave the lodge is because of lack of Masonic education. Our fraternity is founded on ancient principles and philosophies that have in some way shape or form, existed from time immemorial. Our ritual is of a great importance to our Craft and within it contains these...

^^wicked.

How are you taking pictures of those galaxies? (very cool pictures by the way)

No royalty bud.

^^^ yup.

I wonder if the Rosicrucians have a blog site that gets trolled? Anyway... I agree with bro Crono, we must be tolerated of this man or woman's belief. However a few questions arise. First are you a member of a current royal family or just proclaiming that and hoping somebody won't call you on...

In my lodge we try and keep at $50, and the JW gets a cheque at the end of the meeting. I was Told in the past that the making ends meet with refreshment was an issue, so the dues would be raised to compensate. Needless to say the donation pot was much more full from then on. A four course...

Welcome! if your looking for passionate, knowledgable Masons you've come to the right place. Enjoy the fellowship!

Welcome!

Are you asking why lodges have specific names?

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