Squire Bentley
Premium Member
Leave it to people to ruin and corrupt things. Our order stands in opposition to corruption, but yet we see childish behavior from men who are old enough to be my father. It's like the child seeing the faults in his parents, rather than seeing them as an unbreakable force when your a child.
...Now another point on this is I've heard that the shrine wants to do away with the master mason requirement. I oppose this, as the shrine is a Masonic organization, and contributes a massive amount of effort for its hospitals and other charitable works, but one thing that is into mind is, freemasonry is also an institution for the individual. The ceremonies and degrees have a great spiritual and esoteric meaning behind them that is ancient. Is this the case when it comes to the shrine? I'm not a Shriner and haven't been able to find anything about their degree or rites, other than knowing that its a lot less serious and more humorous and fun,but if this is the case, to me that would be one reason to eliminate the requirement of being a mason.