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Challenges on the street

mrpierce17

KOP Council director / Lodge instructor
Premium Member
I've never heard of this occurring in a tiled lodge
Not during a tiled lodge but during chit chat after meeting and I have only "heard" stories of this game never witnessed or participated in & probably way before my time becoming a mason
 

Dontrell Stroman

Premium Member
I'll never break my obligation. I was just going to let the brother know that the questions are from the three degrees. Although I still don't know why we challenge each other. I get having fun and asking questions only masons know, but when you get into taking a brothers belongings then I have a problem with it
 

Dontrell Stroman

Premium Member
I have only "heard" stories of this as a sort of game between brothers who knew each other to be such having a battle of wits on the subject of masonry usually during hours or refreshments when one could not answer the next brothers question he would surrender a pice of Masonic property that property would be given to the owners WM and returned by the owners WM with a brief explanation/lesson on the areas of Masonic discussion in question.... That being said it is no longer practiced in these day in time at least in Florida jurisdiction where it is considered a form of hazing and such actions can lead up to Masonic charges/suspension or possibly expulsion of ones membership
See that right there shows you something ain't right with some brothers. If a brother mason ask me a question and I don't know the answer, he should enlighten me. What good is it to take my belongings and have the WM "skool" me on something that the brother questioning me should have done.
 

Dontrell Stroman

Premium Member
See that right there shows you something ain't right with some brothers. If a brother mason asks me a question and I don't know the answer, he should enlighten me. What good is it to take my belongings give it to the WM and have him "skool" me on something in order to get my stuff back. That should be the duty of ever mason, not just the WM. It would make me wonder if the brother questioning me knew the answer.
 

mrpierce17

KOP Council director / Lodge instructor
Premium Member
See that right there shows you something ain't right with some brothers. If a brother mason ask me a question and I don't know the answer, he should enlighten me. What good is it to take my belongings and have the WM "skool" me on something that the brother questioning me should have done.
I totally agree and as I have said such things are forbidden within my jurisdiction there is a time and a place for such quizzes like during GL jewel contest and such to be carried out accordingly if one desires to test wits with his fellow brethren
 

Dontrell Stroman

Premium Member
I totally agree and as I have said such things are forbidden within my jurisdiction there is a time and a place for such quizzes like during GL jewel contest and such to be carried out accordingly if one desires to test wits with his fellow brethren
I could do something like that. That would be something fun to do with a large group of brothers, but on the street.... No. Too man cowans out here. That's why in TN a brother will always show his dues card first then talk. If you don't have one then..... It stays "off"
 

mrpierce17

KOP Council director / Lodge instructor
Premium Member
Mrpiece 17 you be careful in Florida, there are a lot of clandestine masons there. Especially the IFAAM. Of course in PH we are clueless because they have the key that's unlocks everything ha ha
Lol I once met a IF&AAM when I asked him what GL he was operating under he told me they are headquartered out of Chicago needles to say I was off at that point I hate the fact that people are out there being misled in clandestine organizations because he was a stand up guy
 

Dontrell Stroman

Premium Member
Lol I once met a IF&AAM when I asked him what GL he was operating under he told me they are headquartered out of Chicago needles to say I was off at that point I hate the fact that people are out there being misled in clandestine organizations because he was a stand up guy
I agree brother, but you know what. One of my first memories of freemasonry was of an IFAAM. He was my JROTC teacher. I remember asking him what was on his ring. He finally one day said "look, I'm an international mason son". I said what's that. He said "I can travel anywhere in the world and be taken as a brother." I thought that was so cool.
 
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