Originally posted by CanadianConspirator
Here's a question I have been wondering with masons getting older and their continued pracitce of not seeking out masons is there any fear among masons that eventually people won't want to ask a mason and therefore membership rates might drop? and if so what is masonry willing to do (start advertising ? and if so on what basis?) This all just hypothetical but I was just wondering.


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Beware the 34 degree masons they're the most evil of all

Originally posted by Nygdan
I'd think that the biggest stumbling block to getting new members is, why would people want to pay to hang out with masons? I mean, obviously the masons here have found an answer for that, but why would a non-mason?

Originally posted by Nygdan
I'd think that the biggest stumbling block to getting new members is, why would people want to pay to hang out with masons? I mean, obviously the masons here have found an answer for that, but why would a non-mason?

Originally posted by masqua
The Six Hundred and Sixty Six Year Plan is almost complete and the Six Seals will be opened. Then the masons will finally reap the fruit of their careful planning and begin the New World Order...

Originally posted by CanadianConspirator
Anyway to add on this with younger members joining and taking over the ranks will we see a change in masonic order/rules because of the different world that we live in?

I sure hope not. I think I would consider myself a traditionalist in this aspect. Things have been done the way they are for hundereds of years, who are we young whippersnappers to come along and try to change things?

Originally posted by The Axeman
That's not what I'm saying. I'm all for what you're talking about, but I don't think the order itself or the rules should be changed, like CanadianConspirator is talking about. I don't think the way Masonry does things within the lodge should be changed. Of course, I'm not a member yet, so what do I know right? Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that the traditions shouldn't be compromised due to youthful membership. I think the members should conform the the fraternity, not the other way around, that's all. As far as community projects like you're talking about, I'm all for fresh ideas and things like that, so long as the core of the Craft remains as it shoud be.

Originally posted by sebatwerk
I completely agree with you Axeman. I'm the youngest member of my lodge (25), and yet I think that I'm more for upholding the past traditions and styles of Freemasonry than most of the old-timers in the lodge. There's a big push, I noticed, in the Craft to make it seem as less mysterious and secret than it has been in the past. To me, the mysterious nature and traditions of Freemasonry are what makes masonry so special, this hasn't changed in a long long time. There's no reason to change ANYTHING about the Craft now, regardless of the world we live in. This is what made me join in the first place, I'll be damned if I see those principles, which I honor immensely, just go out the window.