What does the letter "G" stand for? I've heard a couple of explanations, but whats your take?
I voted God but it is both god and Geometry. Geometry is in all life. but god created geometry, god is life.
thanks brother but I was more referring to What my wife says it stands for since Im never home. Between committee meetings, training my candidates/new brothers, Scottish Rite, Shrine, Degrees, floor school etc etc.
as to the other things... not that long ago masonic charges would have been referred for some of the language and comments made...
If you go to the FC Lecture it stands for both, but I put more on importance on God.
Brother Jerry
It is well agreed upon that the G stands for both God and Geometry, at least when used in English and German-speaking countries. Perhaps the more profound question would be, "What does the G stand for when it is applied in places where the local tongue prevents it from abbreviating God or Geometry?"
Wondered that myself, as I've stood in the East and delivered "the G lecture". What would I point to in a Lodge in a jurisdiction that didn't feature that letter in within the S&C's? What about those Brethren in any given Lodge who ascribe a different name to the GAOTU? Just another one of those things that could probably do with a little "linguistic overhaul". I don't mean to suggest that we should not continue to focus on the reference to deity. Indeed, the relationship between the two is central to the lesson, but it just seems a little inconsiderate to assume that everybody spells it that way.