Nate Riley
Premium Member
Objections from your wife should be taken with all seriousness.
You share too many things as a couple to ignore something as serious as a walk in masonry. Talk it out. Tell her why you feel there is a need in your life that has not been satisfied. Tell her masonry will be a new partner in the relationship, because it will. She's still number one and masonry doesn't want you if she and any children aren't first.
You must come to an agreement. Now and for all time. There's no switching this decision. It will create strife otherwise.
This is key! Family relationships are very important and you should consider the reprocussions of joining. So, you have to decide if a break in the relationship with your parents is worth it. The relationship with your wife is paramount and if you think joining the fraternity will cause any trouble, you should not do it.
Pilgrims Path is a great book and will give you a great amount of insight into the issue. At your young age, it is unlikely that you will convince your parents or your Church, but the information will be good for your own information and your discussions with your wife. I think it is a bad thing, but a lot of our Church Family are very into books (often more than the Biblehmy and are very easily convinced by those books. So, the writings of men like Pat Robertson, who is often very respected by Christians, have a lot of weight. I am not saying that books on Christian living are not good resources, but those that are opposed to Freemasonry are a huge hurdle for your argument.