More on Numbers…
If you haven’t already had a chance to look at them, I recommend that you check out the Pew Research data that was released the other day. The numbers are really telling.
This post began as a conversation with a brother who is a part of the Toronto Society for Masonic Research.
The shifting sands…
I hope any of you reading this have already heard this story on the news or on the NPR news wire. The story is on a chunk of research that the Pew institute released yesterday that detailed the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S.
1Masonic Carrots
OK, I get some interesting emails every now and then, a lot of which that are just junk.
But yesterday, I received a note that necessitated a reply. The note was rather long winded with lots of shouting that started with this paragraph...
The Detroit Masonic gets a new manager.
Some times the ones who builder it are not the best manager of it. I know this because a lodge I am a part of has had a lot of trouble lately managing its own affairs. but even when there is will enough, sometimes there is just not a way to do it.
1Bad, but good...
I know there is a lot of Catholic bashing that goes on here and in other Masonic quarters. I think its been declared an unofficial past time of Masonry for a while now.
1the "Great Seal"
This has been a topic that we've talked about quite a lot around here over the years. Yet again, out comes the conversation about the Great Seal of the United States.
"THE GOLDEN RULE"
THE GOLDEN RULE by Norman Rockwell
1894-1978
I've come across this in the past and every time I did, I thought I would try and capture the essence of it and re convey it for others to see.
The Prince of Mercy...
This is a blog I stumbled on earlier today. The post was about Freemasonry as religion: baptism, and a bread and wine meal. Really, it was a pull toward Pike, and his analysis of the 26th Degree, the "Prince of Mercy".
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