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| Originally Posted by AlabamaFreeMason We have no input in Alabama. I think MM's from other jurisdictions believe that each system is like theirs. It is not here. Here we have to have the permission of the GL to think. |
But David, you either think that other jurisdictions are like yours, or you're letting your frustration over the issue cloud your judgement.
Look, issues of racism and GL change aside, I'm glad that you and others seem to be getting something out of the
UGLA. Did you ever hear how Masonry is related to that poem about the blind men and the elephant? Everybody who joins does so for different reasons, and when in it they get something different out of it. I sometimes wish that the members in my lodge were a teensy bit more interested in the esoterica - but I'm also sure that a few of them sometimes with that I put a teensy bit more time into the community stuff. Just as a few guys woul dlike to see more dinners, or better ritual, or shorter degrees, or more family nights, or ... The point is that if you're not happy in your GL and if you really don't think that you're going to make any progress, then maybe you're better off leaving.
But that said, we're back to my earlier statement: Other jurisdictions are not like yours. Unfortunately, your Temple of Regulus and
UGLA websites spin a very unflattering picture of Freemasonry everywhere, a picture that is as unfair in its characterization as it is disingenous - especially from a society that is espousing such lofty ideals.
I urge you to exercise more discretion in your claims about mainstream FM in the US. If I asked my GM what I should be thinking, he'd laugh in my face. Of course, that's because he already knows who I am.
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