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Originally posted by goregrinder
I believe you aren't understanding me here.
You are propagating falsehoods about an organization. I'm sure the Masons present are laughing at you, post by post, because YOU are the one with an unfortunate bias.
All i'm calling for are our board masons to do are stay out of these ridiculous threads, although i'm afraid the mason-hating ilk will spill over onto the threads that are supposed to be in place to enlighten those searching for the truth about Freemasonry.
Originally posted by PublicGadfly
From 46 posts (including some MODs) I post 3 times and one MOD goes off?
The current MOD is correct- the future of Freemasonry is the topic.
I don't think masonry has much future. Too much of the things that have ruined other closed societies have crept into masonry without the saving graces of some others.
An example is the fine organization named Woodmen of the World. At one time they were a powerful and growing fast.
By the Society's 75th anniversary in 1966, Life Insurance in force had grown to $1.2 billion.
Mergers with four other fraternal benefit societies played an important part of Woodmen's growth during the 1960s. The Society's first merger was in 1962 with the United Order of the Golden Cross in Knoxville, Tenn. Other mergers were with the Mutual Benefit Department of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers of St. Louis, Mo., in 1964; the Supreme Forest
Woodmen Circle, founded in Omaha in 1892 as a ladies' auxiliary of Woodmen, in 1965; and the New England Order of Protection of Boston, Mass., in 1968.
Fraternal organization that provides a tangible benefit to its members.
Only when masonry sheds its 'mystery' and gets with the real world will it grow and become a viable entity.
Originally posted by theron dunn
It will certainly be different from what it was in my gradfathers and great grandfathers time, but masonry will continue as a real presence, just as it has always done...
Originally posted by muppet
With technology though, the world's changing... could the masons here envisage a time when all the different lodges merge or somehow unify under a single "global" lodge of some sort?
Originally posted by muppet
Originally posted by theron dunn
It will certainly be different from what it was in my gradfathers and great grandfathers time, but masonry will continue as a real presence, just as it has always done...
What do you think will happen to the overall structure of the masonry? At the moment I gather it's a series of independent lodges and grand-lodges, but of course a lot of the reason for that would be geographical.. you needed a grand lodge in each state because people couldn't travel is easily hundreds of years ago!
With technology though, the world's changing... could the masons here envisage a time when all the different lodges merge or somehow unify under a single "global" lodge of some sort?
Originally posted by goregrinder
The them refers to the detractors of masonry. If someone can show me one thing that Freemasons have done wrong, factually, i would be willing to reverse my opinion.
Envy is the keyword here.
please. i just had to explain
UGLE
and this is different from politics or the RCC how? please present facts.
.. and i know from personal experience that it allows genuine criminals to go unpunished just because the have important "friends" in thier silly wee gang!!
just see if he's wearing an ear ring
I think it would be funny if our resident Masons didn't respond to one of these children everytime they make a comment toward their respective organization.
United Grand Lodge of England not a poor spelling of UGLY.
Originally posted by lucifuge
In the UK in particular for me I would like to see UGLE stripped down a little to much of a lumbering Dinosaur for my liking. In order to move with the times it needs to be nimbler and more ready to move. I believe the Marquis of Northampton is going to be a big driving force both now and in the future. But I think for Masonry to be more readily acceptable for todays society I think we need to look at retiring links to British Monarchy. And definatley more openly advertised for membership in the media.