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If someone has a vendetta against the candidate, one black ball could do them in. I realize that is unMasonic but personalities sometimes get in the way of good judgement. To make a long story longer, I believe that it should be 3 black balls.
I also have heard of states that have 1 day marathons. I'm not sure that you really have time to absorb the importance of what was happening. It gave me time to visit other lodges and see the ceremonies that I went through. Just my 2 cents worth.
I see it in our lodge. I'm new to Masonry but it didn't take me too long to figure out that there is a disease running rampant in our lodge; the disease is apathy. Someone else will take care of the problem. My opinion is that it is the Worshipful Masters not taking a leadership role and...
I just received my ring today and I wear it proudly. I am proud to be a Mason and I don't try to hide the fact but I don't overtly advertise the fact either.
Unfortunately, I can see it both ways. The traditional method of rote memorization is fine for most people; however, we have folks that need to visualize the words instead of just hearing them. It's just the way they learn. Having said that, in my opinion if you don’t know the words, the...