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Shoot. Just reminded me I have some ritual to learn by next month. Luckily, it's clear text.

Welllll, we tend to use the word "politics" in a pejorative sense, when, in my experience, it is often just an issue of brethren committed to different courses of action. The loser decries the "politics" and/or "manipulation" without any indication of immoral or wrongful activity: no allegation...

The Conference of Grand Masters in North America (CGMNA, see my precious posts in this thread) is for sitting GM's, though PGM's will participate on committees. Except for the Commission on Information for Recognition whose opinions carry some weight, it is a conference for idea sharing, much...

I don't keep the magazines, so can't give you the language I found boorish, but I recollect bold, even intolerant declarations about what beliefs are required in US Templary. However, I didn't see anything that would have moved me to toss the baby out with the bath water. I had actually...

Within US Masonry I have seen only minor variations. UGLE lodges you will encounter a different set of signs and varying rituals.

Well, likely we have all ignored our own counsel at times.

So, then, what did you mean by the statement, "You are either washed in the blood or you are not"? I don't mean this in a baiting way, but in making such pronouncements, particularly in a Masonic forum, a denial of the apparent meaning leads to further inquiry.

But of what significance is this? Are you indicating all Masons must believe in the Bible?

So, are you indicating we must be Christian to be a Freemason?

Umm, in some areas it does.

Wow. Great for them, but that's a tough schedule.

Because it is not consistent with my experience in Freemasonry which, while not as extensive as some, is fairly broad. Lodge meetings twice a month or even four times a month for degree meetings and rehearsals is not uncommon, but actual Lodge meetings twice a week is not something I've seen.

In Utah upon being 12 months in arrears and receiving the appropriate notice, one may be dropped.

What a disappointment that must have been. It is not the experience I have seen. I would join in the other responses: try this lodge again and look at other Lodges. Ask for the person who invited you. I am surprised the Lodge meets twice a week. Perhaps it has lunch twice a week? Have you...

Utah has a PDF through Amazon. UGLE online.

Indeed, in UGLE not all WM can attend GL.

Enjoy, from an Indian owner.

There is no longer, in my view, prestige in belonging to the fraternity. It is no longer a mark of someone finding you of worth. It is no more selective than Walmart inviting me to shop there. It doesn't reflect my economic status (for some that is a mark of prestige) as again, it is likely no...

I am a member of a national GL. Good ideas don't necessarily get down to the Lodge level. It would take a great dictatorial control to to enforce compliance. That would be difficult to accept in many US GL's. As indicated, CGMNA and regional conferences (I am sitting in Rocky Mountain Masonic...

Contd: can we find such close friends who have taken an obligation to sacrifice for us elsewhere? Certainly we can. I can think back to my naval career. We had the group cohesiveness there as well. In a world which eschews obligations and commitments, we find an organization of men who make...