How should we as Masons answer that question?
Here are a few answers I saw in a recent Facebook discussion after a man asked the question “What do y’all do in that lodge?”
“You know Masons, it’s a secret.”
“Oh, you know. Try and control the universe. Sacrifice goats. Clean the kitchen. Eat babies. Basically everything you’ve YouTubed.”
“Argue about money.”
“We mind our own darn business.”
“Choose world leaders and solve problems. How are we doing?”
“If I tell you, you will not believe me. Better I shut my mouth until you found out yourself.”
“How to ride a Goat”
This one really stood out to me: “My answer is I could tell you, but I’d have to kill you. And that seems to satisfy their curiosity.”
Now tell me, was the man’s curiosity truly satisfied, or did he just give up? And do we really want to satisfy his curiosity, or channel it into further inquiry?
And then there were these replies
“How my brethren and their loved ones are doing; and how we, as a group, can help our community.”
“Brotherhood, friendship, charity, friendship” “I would take that as an opportunity to say why don’t you come with me. We’ll feed you a good meal and you can meet a few of the brothers and maybe decide to see what we do for yourself.”
Let’s ask ourselves, what do we do in that lodge? Are we building better men, or are we building a wall that keeps other good men out?
-Anonymous
