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IASKTHE QUESTION: "the only brotherhood you need is the BODY of CHRIST, it does say so many times in the bible that we are indeed brethren, so I'm just curious to know, what does the Masons give you that the BODY of CHRIST doesn't?"
I don't think that anyone that is in an organization is saying that they need these organizations to survive. Many of us achieved before we became XYZ and we will continue to grow and prosper with or without XYZ because that is the type of persons that we are.
The oaths that we are taking are not to the extreme that we are saying that we are devoting our souls to a body out side of Christ. Most organized organizations have a oath or mission that they follow to keep the ideals of their organizations on track. For example when you become barred as a lawyer you have to take a professional oath, I do believe preachers have to take a form of oath. These oaths don't mean that we worship a false prophet or anything of the such.
Masonry, OES, BGLO's are another venue for many people can come together without regard to your exact denomination where they otherwise would not, and participate in community service for the good of their surrounding communities.
Yes there are chapters in all of our organizations that fall out of line with what our chapters are all about, but when looking at our organizations look deeper. Look at how much positivity we inject into this world, in comparison to the negative issues that may have heard about. I truely believe the good out weighs the bad.
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