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Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
And one comment..(out of 1000s)
BAN ALL SECRET SOCIETIES!
Originally posted by Blaine91555
reply to post by PreyBird
People join exclusionary clubs to exclude. That sums it up for me.
I really would like to know how many individuals on this forum have considered petitioning for initiation and membership into Freemasonry
Feel free to express your reservations and/or interests
Masonry isn't about the profession at all really.
Masonry is really about charity
and fraternity
As for why someone might join it over another fraternity, I suppose it's really a matter of preference.
Originally posted by JayTaylor
Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
And one comment..(out of 1000s)
BAN ALL SECRET SOCIETIES!
Well people should have the right to meet and discuss whatever they want, luckily Freemasonry isn't a secret society anyhow so that would exclude it.
Originally posted by JayTaylor
Originally posted by Blaine91555
reply to post by PreyBird
People join exclusionary clubs to exclude. That sums it up for me.
I think the days of exclusion based off gender and race are quickly coming to an end. I'll be the first to admit that Masonry is a bit behind the times, however the majority of it's members still consist of elderly gentlemen who have no desire to see anything run differently than 'the way it's always been'. It won't be long before more progressive generations sit at Grand Lodge and things slowly begin to change. Maybe that's just me being optimistic though.
As for why Masonry was my preference?
My father and grandfather are members so I joined
The requirement of a faith in divinity is simply because there are a lot of oaths taken during the degrees.
Nice try but the poster wasn't alluding to sexist and/or racial discrimination, he/she was talking about pseudo-elitism. You know, the type where old, wanabe socio-political leaders having nothing better to do than get together and make plans to destroy the world.
I'm glad it worked out for you. For myself, I don't feel the need to "be a part" of something just because someone I know is. I'd even suggest that doing something just because somebody else has is potentially a very bad reason to do things.
I apologize, but the whole thing seems a bit juvinile to me.
Actions speak louder than words and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out our world has been polluted with bad ideas from day 1. Our economy is in ruins, 2 world wars, disease, famine, no ufo/alien disclosure, pseudo-religions, private banks controlling everything and everyone, illusionary governments, etc.