Comments on: One Step Forward…two steps back. http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/ Masonic Thinking and Working Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Mr. Ed http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8843 Mr. Ed Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:53:29 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8843 Amen, again! Amen, again!

]]> By: Josh http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8833 Josh Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:57:55 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8833 Bravo! I totally agree with your sentiment, brother. Bravo! I totally agree with your sentiment, brother.

]]> By: emeraldi42 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8814 emeraldi42 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:27:15 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8814 Agreed. Can you imagine if other institutions began making it easier to achieve necessary goals? Say a 4 year degree is available in 6 months, the value of the degree goes down and you have an idiot with a college degree. Say basic training in the military is shortened to two weeks, or law school is now 9 months instead of three years. People would scoff in surprise if these became the norm but for some reason Masons dig the idea of not having to do anything before he can run the lodge. The lack of proper requirements for becoming Master has produced a healthy chunk of utterly incopetent Masons and even worse, Masters. I take pride in learning my lectures, sure its difficult but so is anything worth working for. If the requirement goes back to all three lectures for Master, then so be it. I will do what is necessary. Agreed. Can you imagine if other institutions began making it easier to achieve necessary goals? Say a 4 year degree is available in 6 months, the value of the degree goes down and you have an idiot with a college degree. Say basic training in the military is shortened to two weeks, or law school is now 9 months instead of three years. People would scoff in surprise if these became the norm but for some reason Masons dig the idea of not having to do anything before he can run the lodge. The lack of proper requirements for becoming Master has produced a healthy chunk of utterly incopetent Masons and even worse, Masters. I take pride in learning my lectures, sure its difficult but so is anything worth working for. If the requirement goes back to all three lectures for Master, then so be it. I will do what is necessary.

]]> By: Skiking76 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8795 Skiking76 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:16:15 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8795 I concur, I am lucky enough to be a member of a lodge where ritual is taken very seriously. I was raised in August and this wednesday I will be proving up with the first lecture of the third degree. this was not manadatory but I enjoy it and it is clear to see the amount of respect given and recieved for well performed work. I also do it as a challenge to myself. I concur, I am lucky enough to be a member of a lodge where ritual is taken very seriously. I was raised in August and this wednesday I will be proving up with the first lecture of the third degree. this was not manadatory but I enjoy it and it is clear to see the amount of respect given and recieved for well performed work. I also do it as a challenge to myself.

]]> By: Carter http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8794 Carter Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:05:36 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8794 I agree. We should not be relaxing requirements. For me, the requirement to learn material is not just for the sack of memorizing, but to ensure that the work of the Craft maintains its quality. We need higher standards...everywhere. I agree. We should not be relaxing requirements. For me, the requirement to learn material is not just for the sack of memorizing, but to ensure that the work of the Craft maintains its quality.
We need higher standards…everywhere.

]]> By: David F http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8765 David F Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:42:00 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8765 I am a new mason and it was required of me (through social contract and not my lodge) that I learn a lecture before being raised. The result has been striving to learn and perform more lectures and be an asset to my lodge. I would go as far as saying the requirement of 3 lectures is not really pulling teeth. I believe that by the time a mason is a PM, they should be able to sit in any chair, any degree and perform. By having men take time to learn the lectures and their purpose before arriving in the east is dedication. I know of a brother who has not yet sat in the east in his lodge and does just that. Besides...to me the intent of learning the lecture is to deliver it to someone else with meaning and to deliver the lecture better than it was received. That is what we strive for as masons. I am a new mason and it was required of me (through social contract and not my lodge) that I learn a lecture before being raised. The result has been striving to learn and perform more lectures and be an asset to my lodge. I would go as far as saying the requirement of 3 lectures is not really pulling teeth. I believe that by the time a mason is a PM, they should be able to sit in any chair, any degree and perform. By having men take time to learn the lectures and their purpose before arriving in the east is dedication. I know of a brother who has not yet sat in the east in his lodge and does just that.

Besides…to me the intent of learning the lecture is to deliver it to someone else with meaning and to deliver the lecture better than it was received. That is what we strive for as masons.

]]> By: Leonard M http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8757 Leonard M Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:14:06 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8757 As a newly made Master Mason I am begining to learn new things in Freemasonry. One of the most key vital lessons that I have learned is that the future of Freemasonry is up to me. As a Master Mason it is my duty to learn lectures, rituals and everything else Freemasonry. This is so that I may serve my lodge and Brothers new and old and to ensure that the future of the lodge of that I am a member will survive. We as Master Masons should want to learn lectures and ritual and not be told to. My choice is to learn. As a newly made Master Mason I am begining to learn new things in Freemasonry. One of the most key vital lessons that I have learned is that the future of Freemasonry is up to me. As a Master Mason it is my duty to learn lectures, rituals and everything else Freemasonry. This is so that I may serve my lodge and Brothers new and old and to ensure that the future of the lodge of that I am a member will survive. We as Master Masons should want to learn lectures and ritual and not be told to. My choice is to learn.

]]> By: Mr. Ed http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8742 Mr. Ed Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:45:41 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2008/01/30/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-back/#comment-8742 Amen!! Amen!!

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