Bloke
Premium Member
*thumbs up*You want change? You have to establish member autonomy and you'll not do that until you have lodges practice what they preach.
- Freemasons who organize are called a "Lodge".
- Lodges who organize are called a "Grand Lodge".
- Grand Lodges are organized Lodges of Freemasons who want to micromanage the Fraternity - in other words Freemasons are doing all that you wrote to themselves.
That requires members actually "earn" their respective titles rather than have them bestowed upon members who memorize and regurgitate without strong foundations of understanding.
Mind you, I always say the only title which matters, and is the easiest to get and hardest to earn is "Brother".