What if the masonic practice of refusing to ask anyone to be a mason, whether friend, neighbor or passing stranger was applied to other areas of life?
On my other blog, I wrote a lengthy musing on the topic of the right of a child to be able to choose their path for life without pressure from parents to be just like they are.
What if as a parent, you could not even hint at requesting or expecting your child to belong to the same church or other organizations that you do? I wish I knew the answer to that. I personally think less of your children would do what you do, but they would be more dedicated to it. Perhaps about the same as the sons of masons who join the lodge.
What would happen if it were switched around, and your children were all 'forced' to join DeMolay and Job's Daughters? And then when they were older, they were mightily expected to join the Lodge / Eastern Star. What would that do to the Lodge? Is it similar to how your church is currently running?
These are all interesting questions.
oh ... just for the record, I think the 2B1ASK1 thing is dorky :-)
