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Find another Lodge that meets on a different night or arrange your work schedule so that you can attend. I don't really see a third option.

Additional perspective: There are 2 Lodges in my town. One is a Masonic Temple...it's a beautiful building inside and out. It's not a cathedral, but the Lodge itself is very large and very nice. Most of the members are local businessmen, white collar types. It's pretty much everything I had...

Re: Wife having a problem with Freemasonry, she wa 100% agreed. Obviously none of us here are qualified to offer advice to one man's marriage or the relationship he has with his wife. We all have our quirks and shortcomings, and our better halves are no different. Sounds like wifey has some...

I agree about perspective. I'm also the new guy @ my (small) Lodge and it can be very easy to be disappointed. We read about how grand Freemasonry is and see awesome photos of beautiful Lodge rooms...it can be kind of a let down when expectations aren't met. This may not be the Lodge for you...

Seems pretty clear to me: make being a Mason mean something. This isn't 1962 when simply belonging to an exclusive boy's only club carries enough social status to warrant membership. Paying dues and going to meetings was enough in those days, and unfortunately, Masonry as a whole seems slow to...

No model railroad is ever finished! N scaler here.

First, I'm shallow and incomplete...but then you go on later to agree with me. So which is it? Or are you being confrontational just for giggles?

I know this because I read. Wicca has two chief deities, but they are not universally recognized. As for the rest, you took several liberties with what I wrote and drew your own (false) conclusions. At no point did I write that I did not understand Wicca, that I sought to exclude them, label...

That just seems screwy to me. I am a Christian, but not what you'd call a "religious type". I can't even remember the last time I attended church, if I'm being honest. That said, I can't imagine taking an oath on any book other than the Bible. I understand that the Lodge isn't the place for...

I would hate to guess the hundreds of hours I have spent researching social media and SEO... But it's all been worth it for my photography business. That is an industry that lends itself well to an online presence. As for Freemasonry, it would be a tougher sale.

That would be my guess also...ROJ=Royal Order of Jesters. http://sandyfrost.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12188824-the-shriners-dirty-little-secret-royal-order-of-jesters-roj-resource-updated?lite

As a lifelong Star Wars geek, it's RotJ. Anyone caught on any Star Wars forum capitalizing all 4 letters or using another acronym must kiss a Wookiee. :) Perhaps if you're selling Brill cream. The GL's using old school advertising campaigns aren't getting much ROI (Return on Investment). A...

Unjustified to whom? You're just talking in circles and extrapolating on your own talking points in an effort to prove them.

That's some pretty flawed logic, don't you think? If we take our oaths upon a sacred book, you're saying that the book is insignificant? The same book that is placed on a central altar and is featured in all rituals? Including all oaths, degrees, and opening/closing of the Lodge?

I understand what you're saying, Brother_Steve. I do. I also agree with the points you and others have made...in principal and tradition. However, I also believe that it is wrong for so many Masons to pass off the lore surrounding the ring as if it were some carved in stone law or official part...

I, personally, am not concerned with EA or FC jewelry. I have also been instructed to my Lodge's customs on this matter, as I have said before. That does not change the fact that if I or anyone else chose to wear a ring prior to becoming a MM, there would be no repercussions for doing so. There...

In other words, a book is a book is a book. It's just a book that carries no weight and has no meaning? Why then is one (at least one) open on the ALTAR at every meeting? Why does every significant oath require placing one's hand on it while reciting said oath? If the book means nothing, then...

No. Is it your position that every local Lodge custom/tradition/quirk should be made into an enforceable bylaw at the state level?

The OP isn't seeking debate on Wicca, so I won't expand my thoughts on that topic in this thread. His is a GLoT-specific question. I was merely pointing out an obvious discrepancy between Wiccan practice and Masonic principals.

It may seem reasonable to extrapolate, but it is still not Masonic law. The ring (at Blue Lodge level) is a commemorative decoration, and nothing more. Sent From My Freemasonry Pro App