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I also found this definition in the back of my Texas Monitor for the word Scripture-the sacred writing of any people I wanted to compare it to what Webster's had as the definition- 1 a (1) capitalized : the books of the Bible —often used in plural (2) often capitalized : a passage from the...

Brother knight your post got me curious to see if the GLoT prints a list as well. They do not and are a little more vague on that issue to allow almost any booh divinely inspired, next to the open bible of course. I also found some other neat stuff that might add to the convo. Art. 18...

Thanks JTM been on here forever and still feel like a noob at things like that It is hard for me to believe that religion was intended to mean secular branches of Christianity by the previous statement of ancient times. The word ancient means more than just a few years ago and if we are...

I fear I might bend this discussion into a circle with further response but something Brother Huw said did get the Masonic juices flowing and in order not to high-jack this thread I made a new one. http://www.masonsoftexas.com/showthread.php/11087-Origins-of-Freemasonry?p=41817#post41817

In a great discussion being had in the Wiccan thread Brother Huw said something specific that excited my curiosity. I have never heard that before. In my few years of research I have found that the origins of Freemasonry are hidden in history, with many great theories but ultimately no...

148 forum is a whole other animal than this thang much smaller and private. pretty much meant for communication between brothers of that lodge. We got the idea from here of course and it has worked very well for us as an intimate setting to get to know the Brothers of our Lodge. Kinda like...

It has been a great help especially since the tres. likes to hold checks for a few months before depositing them. With no one really carrying cash they have the option to pay dues or degree fees online and many have along with fee

??? please explain???

I have heard a 50 year Mason who is very prominent and respected in the community say he would never sit in lodge with any other book than the Holy Bible, implying that he would black ball anybody not christian. He also told a GL representative at teh dinner table he would not sit in lodge with...

I would love to see either of them especially the original if there was a first draft but I have been in search of the signed one. I do not want to indicate I know there was I just heard this, so we are still in rumorsville on this which is not a place I like to be. I did look through my lodge...

Does it state somewhere that polytheistic religions are excluded? I know it says that you have to have a belief in "a" Supreme Being but I am not sure how that wording would exclude Supreme Beings. The purpose of the belief in the Supreme Being to the fraternity is to bind us to our obligation...

I have always been curious why and when Masonry required a person to have a book to obligate themselves on? What about Deist who do not have a book but believe in God? If I am not mistaken Ben Franklin was a Deist wonder what he obligated himself on?

I was under the impression that as long as you are not an atheist you could be a Mason. If you declare a belief in Deity no many how many Deities that may be you are not an atheist by definition and therefore allowed into Freemasonry. I am not sure what questioning a petitioner on their...

Very credible is an understatement the Brother this was heard from in my opinion is beyond reproach. Which begs the question what is the truth? One is left to form his own opinion because leadership has been unclear on this issue and we all know what opinions are good for. I would love to see...

lol I have thought the exact same thing. I have read a book written in 1780 something and the author commented on how Masonry was on a decline not only in numbers but in quality??? I think it is just human nature that we think "we can fix it" but if you take a close look at Masonry you will...

That would be quite the laborious task but I bet it would be used very often. I for one us Morals and Dogmas as a reference book. In the end I might end up reading it all but to sit down and read it cover to cover might spoil something for me since I am just a 3rd degree MM. lol

dying? The Craft cannot die! The tenets of Freemasonry live in a realm were there is no time or beginnings or ends. The truths that it teaches may evolve into something different as we know it but the Craft will always be alive and well. When I hear this "dying" talk I always think of Fred G...

Thus the Dem.s screw up and the Rep.s come and fix it then screw up then the Dem.s come and fix it then screw up, so on and so forth and until we want to fix it it will stay the same but would you not agree something has to get done maybe not on health care but pick your issue and one of them...