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Good! I'd hate to see you not get a response! :thumbup1:

I think that while it might not be expressly forbidden to discuss those topics in the dinning hall, it is prudent to not discuss them at all while at lodge. Now granted, if it is you and Bro. AB from from your church and you are the only two people in earshot, then by all means, go for it...

There needs to be a spot on that graph for, "I'll go because its my duty."

So a friend and I were discussing various topics around a campfire one night concerning human nature and evolution, and after various tangents we came across this little nugget... What if the creation myth at the beginning of Genesis is an allegory for man's (for lack of better terms)...

Did anyone ever get back to you with this question?

Holding to some things for sentimental purposes is not in line with Masonic teachings; especially when it is a burden. Be it financial or otherwise. I think even Masons here in Texas could do well to remember what a lodge really is... At some point in our near future, lodges are going to have...

Did the GM's Recommendation pass?

And you could mine as well, we both grew up at some point. But for all the shortcomings we may have had, the mark of a good person is doing the right thing, even if it the right thing hasn't always been done.

It is a purposefully vague point, that is why you usually don't see someone get a ticket for or brought up on charges of moral turpitude. I guess technically you could, but anyone with the intelligence of a teaspoon of sand could successfully argue against it, so it is rare. As a general rule of...

Our lodge meets every Monday and Wednesday for instruction/fellowship. At any given time we have 3 or so petitioners who knew no Masons before they walked into our lodge. They usually spend about 2 or 3 months getting to know people on these Mondays and Wednesdays, and getting their petition signed.

Not to resurrect a dead thread, but, I did just think of a pretty big religion that is also inclusive and does not have a formal exclusive dogma, Unitarian Universalists. http://www.uua.org/visitors/index.shtml

Sure, sure, I would hope that any brother or otherwise would understand that I do not speak for all of Masonry. Upon cleaning my computer screen, I realized that you had chose your words carefully. My apologies. I think so. And what would our answer be? What form of God does GLoT promote...

Well it really goes deeper than that. A belief in a Supreme Being is required esoterically for two reasons, the first because of the one you just stated. Secondly, without a Supreme Being, you can not have Free Will. Without a Spiritual interpretation of reality, actions within the universe...

Hah! This video is at least 5 years old. The guy in the video is Bart Sibrel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Sibrel It seems that all of that zero-g exercise has paid off! :11:

Awesome! Then big thanks to your lodge for putting this together!

But do we have a resolution yet? May is fast approaching! :48:

Funny story here. Chris and I were good friends in high school and lived in the same neighborhood. I lost touch with him and didn't talk to him for almost 10 years. When we hook back up, we find that we are both Masons! What are the chances?

While this is enlightening, I think this borders on what is known as an Ad hominem logical fallacy in which... Person 1 makes claim X There is something objectionable about Person 1 Therefore claim X is false

My WM found this, it seems like a variation of the Nigerian 419 scam. *Sent:* Thu 4/15/2010 3:10 PM *Subject:* MASON 2010 GRANT(URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED). MASON 2010 GRANT(URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED). St. Alban's Lodge of the Freemason society of Thomas's Tavern, Dover Street...

Re: Hipocracy Not permissible as in "it shouldn't happen, but it does and we keep moving anyways"? or as in "it is illegal regardless of what the GM says"?