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I have one from Massachusetts. It's cool, but I have had two disappointments with it: 1. At the first Lodge I visited, the secretary did not have the embosser for the lodge seal. The Lodge name hastily written in the circle was just not a satisfying. 2. Printed in the passport was a website...

When Lodges met in taverns, it wasn't like taverns or bars of today. Taverns would have meeting rooms that could be rented out for various purposes, much as hotels do today. This does not mean that I am suggesting that you have to have your meetings at a Four Seasons. A Holiday Inn Express or...

"For that reason, in a Lodge consisting entirely of Jews, the Old Testament alone may be placed upon the Altar, and in a Lodge in the land of Mohammed the Koran may be used. Whether it be the Gospels of the Christian, the Book of the Law of the Hebrew, the Koran of the Mussulman, or the Vedas of...

Please correct me if I am wrong, but the Commandery takes its inspiration from the crusades. If that is true, even if it were permitted (which seems to vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction), I would think that a Jewish brother with a knowledge of European Jewish history would not want to...

Rttbor, thank you for asking the question. I think this has been a great discussion. I guess that in your position, I would voice my concerns privately to the WM. Again, it can be hard for any one of us to judge what is in another man's heart or mind, and how much he does or does not...

What secrets could he be tricked into revealing that are not readily available? It's far easier to look up the modes of recognition online than try to trick someone. When I was researching Freemasonry when I was thinking about joining, I had to make an effort not to learn those secrets I...

Not everyone. If you look through, you will see that many would accept him into the lodge. My point was that if he was unable to make is to MM, that would be okay with me. I would see no reason not to let him try. And yes, the lodge should help him get as far as he is able, hopefully to MM...

I think this is a really tough one. As for being tricked, I'm not sure there is anyone really doing any tricking. It would be so much easier to use Google to find out any secrets. But I have two other thoughts: 1. It can be very difficult to ascertain what another person understands, or is...

Is there a single definition of Freemasonry accepted by all? Working together in fellowship with my Brothers in a way that contributes to our lodge or community is not practicing Freemasonry? Putting into practice those virtues reinforced by the symbols I learn about and study as part of my...

It seems like I didn't quite understand what was meant by fundraising in the other thread. We do have our annual Christmas tree sale to raise money for the lodge, so I guess that is technically a fundraiser, but I view it differently because we are selling a product at competitive prices, so we...

Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdPvN7HOLh8

Touch-a-truck is fairly common up here by many organizations as a way to draw people to a community event. You get a firetruck and/or police van, ambulance, construction vehicles, etc, and give kids a chance to sit inside or climb on backb usually they are older vehicles no longer in regular...

Add "touch-a-truck" to any event brings in the families. Sent From My Freemasonry Pro App

I suppose I was trying to be charitable. It can be difficult to intuitively evaluate competing risks. To give just two examples, people tend to have a greater fear of flying in an airplane that driving in their car, despite the fact that the risk of death in a car accident is far higher. When...

Quite right, Brother. I stand corrected. My job involves study design and data analysis. I can get so focused on my own part of the process that it is easy to forget all the work that is done upstream, and that the hypotheses we are asked to investigate don't just come out of nowhere.

Wise words, Brother. I hope you all have a great weekend. For any of you Massachusetts Masons in the greater Boston area, the Fifth District Blood Drive is this Saturday at 8 am at the Newtonville Masonic Apartments, 460 Newtonville Ave, Newtonville, MA. A hot breakfast will be served.

One must acknowledge that the MMR vaccine (the one most identified as the culprit by anti-vaxxers when it comes to autism) is a live vaccine. Live, weakened measles, mumps, and rubella virus is injected. It infects some cells which then produce antibodies to the three viruses, destroying them...

This is why the courts are notoriously terrible at deciding questions of science, and they should not be decided there. That is why cigarette companies were successfully for many years denying the link between cigarettes and cancer, heart disease, etc. Courts are adversarial - each side puts...

I don't think one is a nut for questioning the official 9/11 story, I will just respectfully disagree. Vaccination is a different issue. The anti-vax movement, however, has deadly real life consequences. We have seen the resurgence of diseases that had been eradicated in this country, all...

Thank you for your response, Bro. Steve. I do know this, and we all know it in theory. In practice, though, it can feel very different. This is very true, but perhaps I wasn't clear by saying they are recognized by name. I should have said that they are publicly acknowledged by the WM by...