I posted a few days ago that I would reveal why the changes in me have taken place and that I would explain the somewhat ominous posts I've been making. Well, I'm a man of my word, so here's the reason.
I have left the Masonic fraternity. Without going into any great detail, let me just say that the members of my former lodge have, over the course of the past 8 months or so, made it more than abundantly clear to me that my presence is no longer desired. I've never been one to go somewhere or stay someplace where I'm not wanted, and since the members of my former lodge (not all of them, to be sure, but enough) have made this clear to me, I have left both the lodge and the Grand Lodge of South Carolina.
So does this mean I'm no longer a Mason? In my opinion, no. I'm no longer a member of a lodge or a Grand Lodge, but in my heart I'm still a Mason because I swore not one but four obligations to the Craft, and obligations don't end when association with a group does. I will keep my obligations and will always practice the tenets of the Craft because I believe in them; it's the people that I have lost confidence in.
I'm quite sure that some will disagree with me on this, but to be brutally honest (what else is new, right?) I don't care. I don't live my life based on the opinions of others; never have, never will. So if you want to disagree with me, go ahead. I truly don't care.
Believe me when I tell you that this was one of the hardest decisions I've ever made in my entire life, but it's the only one that makes sense.
As my mom used to say, "This, too, shall pass."
Deo Vindice
IHC
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