Truly, our GL's have enough problems trying to determine who is whom...
Personally, I favor a simple approach, though I understand it is somewhat heretical. Here is my criteria:
Does the lodge, no matter how formed, hold to the ancient landmarks, maintain the ritual, grips, words and signs? (This eliminates all women only and
comasonic bodies, but...)
This simple criteria seems good enough for me.
I am an administrator at:
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and a moderator at:
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What we have decided is that, even in the tyled areas, we will not discuss the means of recognition, but all OTHER subjects are fair game. Even
Masonic Critics are allowed to post, as long as they maintain civil discourse, else they are summarily banned.
That seems to be a good rule of thumb in any online forum... else you are endlessly calling secretaries around the world.