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All of that is your outward appearance, we are not concerned about that. What we are concerned about is your internal qualifications. Do you have the capacity to give back to your fellow man? Do you choose to do the RIGHT thing, not the one that may be more fun or popular? As you visit...

The only person anyone can make a decision for is themselves.

He is a follower best I can tell. He would probably call himself a pastor though. He perverts just about anything to fit his agenda which is usually to go along with what he was fed by Larry and Duane. He does read, but puts a spin on what he reads and what he passes along, to fit that same...

I made it to the rank of Life and was working on my Eagle before becoming ineligible by reaching 18 yrs old.

You mean like it is for Ill Bro. S. Brent Morris or Bro. Arturo DeHoyos? I think it would be totally awesome myself.

Now that's funny right there. Good one.

I agree, it is a fascinating topic. There are many thoughts on this, and the world may never know for sure. I am of the camp that believes that Masonry predates the Templar's and that the Templar's borrowed from the Masons. This is based based solely on the ritual I have studied thus far...

That number is 6 times too many. There are about 5. Skippy, Larry the founder, Duane, Cowan, and a couple other regular posters that may or may not be fictitious creations of one of the others.

Remember though, the Templar's were the guardians of the Church at the time, the Masons were the stone workers. There is nothing, currently, pointing to The Masons having been created from the Templar's though.

http://www.masonicinfo.com/faq.htm#Templars and http://www.masonicinfo.com/templars.htm . Not being a Sir Knight presently, I have no first hand knowledge of the organization, and I fully admit that. The two links I provided, explain briefly one theory as to why the common name.

The man from the irregular lodge clearly does not understand Masonry. He appears to be associating the number of degrees as a sign of rank, which is not the case. He has totally missed the point that there are only 3 degrees that are most important, the highest being that of Master Mason. All...

Since there is no direct link between the Freemasons and the Templars, any response to that would be pure speculation.

Indeed it is. In addition to reading the names of the members who have laid down the working tools over the past year, there is a ritual and lecture. It is a very moving and meaningful occasion. One of the events that we have a very large turnout for.

That is very true.

In my Blue Lodge, we use the Skull and Crossed Bones in our Lodge of Sorrow.

They have their own agenda and the only ones who are correct (to them that is) are those that are in their circle. That amounts to about 4 people. They have been trying to bring down the Fraternity for many years, and as we all can see, they have not made any progress.

The Freemasons do not hold exclusive rights to those symbols so other groups have every right to use them as well. It is possible that men could be members of both groups.

The endowment appears to be the same as your perpetual. Here in my Lodge in NY, we call it Life Membership and is based on an actuarial formula that I do not recall off the top of my head. As for dues, my lodge dues are currently $30 with a GL assessment of $30 for a total of $60. Grand...

You are not really waiting, you are doing the work to earn your place among other Master Masons who have done the same work. Freemasonry is about truth, among other things. The S&C logo as sold by the majority of vendors is positioned in a certain way. As an EA and FC, it is positioned in...