tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post5438615793279756951..comments2024-03-26T12:05:58.591-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: Study Results: Present Conditions of Freemasonry in the WorldChristopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-56176572803901217712016-06-09T21:30:38.860-04:002016-06-09T21:30:38.860-04:00Ethan Coker, I think you will find that those Gran...Ethan Coker, I think you will find that those Grand Lodges with substantial endowments will never disappear. There will always be a few thousand men, in any and every state, happy to submit to the discipline of Grand Lodge for the prudent joy of managing millions of dollars.<br /><br />So don't count the Grand Lodges out yet.<br /><br />The REAL problem is that Grand Lodges see blue lodges as volatile, chaotic and temporary effusions of men. Only the Grand Lodge is eternal in their view.<br /><br />So they shrug their shoulders and let the lodges fiddle around as best they can.GeorgeOfTampahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748462279356837403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-169833415007265342016-05-20T16:42:23.420-04:002016-05-20T16:42:23.420-04:00I find it distressing and indicative of a failing ...I find it distressing and indicative of a failing leadership system that the Grand Lodges would respond with anything but enthusiasm to a gathering of information which would potentially highlight where lodges might improve their membership and prosperity. It shows a problem which I believe is common in the leadership of Freemasonry in the U.S. Old Masters hampering what few young members they have. Men who have long since lost their own ambition and energy causing the Craft to decline even as their own personal health declines. Younger members have no standing to combat such a thing. I often wonder if we shouldn't found our own Lodges and, when F&AM finally draws its last breath, simply fill its place. Ethan Harrison Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293482430311454576noreply@blogger.com