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As long as we arent talking about any GLs that have lineage to John G. Jones. AF&AM can be a very inaccurate name to refer to, what I assume you are talking about, the GL of (Insert State here) or "mainstream" GLs. Is that who you are talking about? If so, I don't see it happening but I do think...
Re: How long have you been a Master Mason?
It depends on if you are talking about the predominately African American groups that have assumed the right to call themselves freemasons and styled themselves A.F.& A.M. or the brothers from the GL of State where not all of their GLs are designated...
Here is the history of MF&AM:
Modem Free and Accepted Masons of the World Inc. is a Benevolent Patriotic Society established to promote friendship and brotherly love among its members and to carry on Benevolent works for the relief of the needy and helpless in our communities.
Our Masonic...
Unfortunately, you seem to have been taught that this "3 letter and 4 letter" thing is the determining factor to what is and isn't real. I would be glad to explain exactly what you need to know to find out if your GL is regular. There are 2, only 2, avenues to regular freemasonry in the United...
I'm not exactly sure what you were trying to say, but I can tell you that just because you feel and act like a mason will not and does not make you a mason. I'm also not sure why you used the term "white masons". Would you mind explaining so that we can understand?
Re: Do you consider others from unchartered lodges
The GLoE doesn't exist anymore. Perhaps you meant the UGLE. Are you a member of the GLoAR or the MWPHGLoAR?
Also, being recognized doesn't make one legitimate. I just want to put this out there for clarification. Any jurisdiction can...
Some of it is. There are much more spontaneous groups than those resulting from the Compact. There are groups created simply because someone didnt get to be the WM of a lodge or the GM was stealing all of the money.
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Exactly!! I was speaking in terms of the members of those organizations trying to find that "gotcha" with the legitimate organizations instead of focusing on their own.
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Yet no one questions the thousands of organizations that start up just because people assume the right to call themselves freemasons. At what point do we trust the research that has been checked and rechecked for hundreds of years?
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The very fact that we still NEED PH Masonry is a indicator that we have a long way to go. I mentioned bigotry because it is a major player in the reason that PH masonry is needed in 2013. If we can get rid of the bigots, we just might be the universal brotherhood that our institution used to...
There are just as many African American bigots in our fraternity. The blame has to be shared. It is important to know that "our" hands are not squeaky clean. Once that is realized, some of the anger at the situation in the South can be appropriately placed.
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Bro. Byron Upton