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Preparing for the Future: Empirical Validation in Masonic Membership Trends

This article explores the significance of empirical validation in understanding Masonic membership trends from 1955 to 2009 within the context of the U.S. population. By relying on direct observation, practical experiments, and evidence, we highlight the need to move beyond conventional wisdom and authority. Emphasizing core Masonic values such as brotherly love, relief, and truth, we examine how relentless discipline and creativity can coexist. Reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s wisdom, we stress the importance of speaking out on matters that truly matter.

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Preparing for the Future: Empirical Validation in Masonic Membership Trends

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  1. Preparing for the Future

  2. Why are we doing what we are doing?

  3. “Empirical Validation” Relying upon direct observation, conducting practical experiments, and/or engaging directly with evidence rather than relying upon opinion, whim, conventional wisdom, authority or untested ideas.

  4. / Masons US Population 4,099,219 308,745,538 1,373,453

  5. US Masonic Membership 1955-2009 and US Population 1950-2010 (data from Masonic Service Association)

  6. Membership Trends

  7. Getting Back to Basics Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth

  8. Inspiration Convenience Enjoyment

  9. “Great by Choice” • The difficult task is to marry relentless discipline with creativity, neither letting discipline inhibit creativity nor letting creativity erode discipline.

  10. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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