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Re: A Masonic "Bill of Rights". Is it needed? Is i I've heard "at sight" before and took the meaning to be the same as the aforementioned "on sight", just worded different. They are different?

Greetings from Fort Worth!

My honest to goodness opinion here is that the prohibition against wearing symbols isn't supposed to be a prohibition, but rather a taboo or best practice I guess. I think the mentality stems from a time when masons had to be quite careful in how they explained the fraternity to the profane. The...

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a copy of the monitor in pdf format. I've not ever seen one or heard of one offered. There may be a bridge to light pdf out there, but probably a pirated version if it exists.

I believe the wording is "belief in *a* supreme deity", although it's really semantics at that point I'd say.

Ah maybe they changed the policy. I was referencing an old star telegram article from when it opened that said by appointment.

Has anybody visited here? Since viewings are by appointment, I'd emailed the contact to make one and have never heard back. What is the protocol? I work just a little bit away and would like to tour the facility and view the archives some time.

Typically you are allowed to display symbols AFTER being raised. Since this is a jurisdictional thing though, the question should be posed to a member of your lodge for the specific answer. Secondly, I personally got mine on amazon where there are tons to be found, but I've seen a number of...

Re: Why do people mention the Da Vinci Code so oft Perhaps Da Vinci code sparked the "secret society" interested that eventually led them to stumble upon Masonry. Or maybe they mean Lost Symbol, but fear that others won't know the title and mention Da Vinci code instead for sake of conversation.

Yeah, I noticed the incongruence in the phrasing too, but is a tad forgivable given that the author wrote those words oh about 90+ years ago or so. But the gist is still there... Business is necessary, but the true purpose is the Work.

Esoterika - Albert Pike

"Excuse me. Do you think these bar napkins smell like chloroform? I'm kidding. Fred Searing. Can I buy you a drink?" :lol:

Reminds me of the "Russell's Teapot" analogy.

Yup, show those nay sayers what for! Seriously though, it seems to me as well that propping up the do-doers is the best method for putting down the poo-pooers. lol

Yah I don't understand why they don't just borrow what another state is doing and mix that with what they like that we already have. Easy peasy.

The reason I do not believe watching sports, PTA, Netflix, TV series, vacations, working overtime, etc are ever blamed is because it is really hard to condemn something when everyone is guilty of it including the condemner. Couple the fact that not everybody is a mason with the surplus of...

I suppose that depends on the day(s) the formal worship service is on. I know that my lodge does not conduct any type of work or business on Sundays for such a reason. I would say that men who are easily swayed away from their normal worship services would be just as easily swayed by any other...