tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post8017510597038017965..comments2024-03-26T12:05:58.591-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: Joint Unity Statement Issued by Missouri Grand LodgesChristopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-74032860575319457522020-06-13T18:05:55.692-04:002020-06-13T18:05:55.692-04:00Nice statement by two of our American Masonic lead...Nice statement by two of our American Masonic leaders. <br /><br />It is quite fascinating, but the UNIQUE/different origins, structures, ritual procedures, and public social status of Freemasonry around the world says so much about the different countries in which it is practiced. Thomas Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496528868148315705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-6053710984127055412020-06-13T17:17:51.040-04:002020-06-13T17:17:51.040-04:00is "de Flup" real name?is "de Flup" real name?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09128463182540736275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-49479206920545221612020-06-12T15:51:00.981-04:002020-06-12T15:51:00.981-04:00The Grange has asked all its lodges to change the ...The Grange has asked all its lodges to change the names of officers such as Master and Overseer to titles like President, to avoid misunderstanding. Harvard's residential colleges are now head by Deans rather than Masters. Whether one agrees or not with such changes, and recalling the dropping of building titles like Temple for the more prosaic Center, suggests rethinking perceptions of Masonry is in order for survival's sake. Having lodges and collateral bodies that reject gays and blacks and of course have no women members puts us in an increasingly difficult situation in attracting young applicants. Outsiders don't understand the autonomy of grand lodges when it comes to policies, and so unity statements fall on deaf ears. We continue to lose hundreds of members every week and many thousands every year, and have no answer as far as the enormous building renovations that meeting the virus will require. Where is our leadership, we might ask.Bro. Paul Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435030965629467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-85940860513705564142020-06-12T05:37:33.225-04:002020-06-12T05:37:33.225-04:00May the noble statement of the Grand Lodges inspi...May the noble statement of the Grand Lodges inspire all of us.<br />On the other hand we must prepare for it that G.O.-style lodges <br />will point out the political character of this Regular Grand Lodges initiative...de Fluphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826389407369296477noreply@blogger.com