![]() Without the ridiculous drama and costumes Knights want us to believe that it would be impossible to effectively present the message of not judging others, of upholding the honor of the priesthood, of honoring our Blessed Mother and of serving our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church, to the death if necessary? Really. What rubbish that I could not tell my wife what went on or my children. That an entire organization of do good-ing is predicated on a secret initiation is problematic and totally unnecessary in a day when what is needed before the world is a Church that is fully self disclosing and honest. My very public reception into the Church included words of promise of commitment that weren't secret. It knew it the first time I read it, before I had become a Christian but it didn't ruin the ending or the messages within, chief among them that I was a sinner in need of divine grace. Every time I read the Gospels I know Jesus is going to die at the end and resurrect. Odd, when I read a review of a book or a movie it doesn't ruin the message of same for me. I have heard it said too often (as it is said below) that it would spoil the message to tell what goes on, to reveal the ending. But the pressure is strong, isn't it friend, some of your friends are there or you wouldn't be there, maybe your priest is there too. Having seen it to the end I should have just walked out short of taking the vow, short of actually becoming a Knight. I didn't appreciate the subterfuge overall but I went because it was the only way to know exactly what happens and became 3rd degree. Again, the idea here is that the Knights just want to keep their ceremonials a surprise for future inductees. They are told keep secret the initiation ceremonies, unless required to reveal them by civil or religious law. Only the initiation process is secret everything else about the Knights is very public.Īlso, the vows or promises (or whatever) or not very strong. ![]() The degree ceremonies are more like a movie they are ruined if someone tells you how it ends. Thus, the secrecy has a different purpose, and it's not what you think - it is there so that the Degree ceremonies can have their proper effect. The Knights of Columbus was partly founded to combat Secret fraternities, such as the Freemasons. ![]() I'm not a Knight anyway (yet), but would be hesitant of any group that made you swear a vow to secrecy. Wouldn't telling us that the 3rd Degree test involves a vow of secrecy about the 3rd degree test be telling us something about the 3rd degree test? ![]()
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