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Originally posted by chief_counsellor
pbrez, it is common practice in Ontario for degrees to be held seperately. Councils in Ontario mostly prefer to do each degree on a seperate occasion. When a DD tried to hold more than 1 degree in a day here where I live, it was frowned upon by a majority of the councils.
So it is not impossible to be a 2nd degree. Many Districts have each degree on seperate days, maybe this is more common of practice in Canada.
I send you a U2U, have you received it yet PBREZ?
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Originally posted by azness
Your friend/friend's grandfather is right; Masons, KC, and Mormons all tend to fight amoungst each other and each has its various stronghold locations; all three would like to be the most dominant fraternity and sometimes fight for membership numbers/money at the detriment of quality (no offense intended). This is primarily b/c all three tend to be associated with different religions, especially with Mormons and the KC since Mormons and Catholics tend to have trouble with each other's religion.
I was also on a website for a Masonic lodge where they were explaining that in order to become a member of The Knights Of Columbus you have to be a certain rank in the Masons first.
Originally posted by an3rkist
Originally posted by azness
Your friend/friend's grandfather is right; Masons, KC, and Mormons all tend to fight amoungst each other and each has its various stronghold locations; all three would like to be the most dominant fraternity and sometimes fight for membership numbers/money at the detriment of quality (no offense intended). This is primarily b/c all three tend to be associated with different religions, especially with Mormons and the KC since Mormons and Catholics tend to have trouble with each other's religion.
I noticed you placed Mormons in the same category as Masons and the KofC. I guess that shouldn't surprise, because of my own beliefs about the relationships between them all, but I can't deny that it did surprise me. You kind of refered to them as a "fraternity". Which I've never considered the Mormons that way, especially since I was a Mormon for sixteen years. That kind of opened my mind a little, though. Because I know a lot about how the Mormons work, but next to nothing about how the KofC or the Masons work. Hmmmmm, this is something for me to think about...
Originally posted by pbrez
Are you saying mormons dont protect their own?
Originally posted by an3rkist
Originally posted by pbrez
Are you saying mormons dont protect their own?
That's not what I meant by that at all, because I know for a fact that they do. What I meant is that generally people don't lump the Mormons in with those other two. I agree that they should be, and that's why I mentioned it. And you may have noticed that I said "opened my mind a little." Because although I didn't USED to think of them in that way, I should have been this whole time.
Originally posted by TgSoe
I bet it was started by Masons in the church.
Originally posted by marcopolo
The knights of Columbus takes its name from one of Spains infamous sons, whilst the Daughters of Isabella has the name of one of Spains infamous daugthers,