Ashlar2006
Masonic Mafia
I know this has been brought up before but I am to lazy to search through all the old threads . This is on the heels of Windrider's thread......
As I stated in that thread , when we put on a MM degree , the brethren come out of the woodwork and fill the lodge . But hold a called meeting for an EA or FC degree and the Brethren can not be bothered with that .
I was lucky , my EA degree was conferred on a stated meeting , so there was a great crowd . But I have called meetings to confer the EA degree and the bare minimum shows up . And we wonder why some EAs' never come back . If we can not take the time to show our support and fill the sidelines to welcome and support him , then why should he come back ?
Each degree is just as important as the next , but the EA is the first time a man stands within the body of a just and lawfully constituted lodge . What do you think runs through a new Mason's mind when he looks around and sees nothing but officers and all the sideline seats empty ? I know what I would think , "Boy these men do not care" . I think that as a long time Master Mason .
Thoughts ?
As I stated in that thread , when we put on a MM degree , the brethren come out of the woodwork and fill the lodge . But hold a called meeting for an EA or FC degree and the Brethren can not be bothered with that .
I was lucky , my EA degree was conferred on a stated meeting , so there was a great crowd . But I have called meetings to confer the EA degree and the bare minimum shows up . And we wonder why some EAs' never come back . If we can not take the time to show our support and fill the sidelines to welcome and support him , then why should he come back ?
Each degree is just as important as the next , but the EA is the first time a man stands within the body of a just and lawfully constituted lodge . What do you think runs through a new Mason's mind when he looks around and sees nothing but officers and all the sideline seats empty ? I know what I would think , "Boy these men do not care" . I think that as a long time Master Mason .
Thoughts ?