It is remarkable how childish adults can become. Throughout history many great organisations have suffered from the dark side - megalomania and unbridled ambition - leading to schisms. Truth appears to have no place; only power agendas. Here is a chart and hope.
Not Really Important
If all those who hate each other would realise that they are Christians these problems would not occur. We have all have sworn an oath at a Catholic Altar that incorporates the four Cardinal Virtues and eight Beatitudes; these schisms should not occur.
Sovereign Independant Route
Pursuit of Templar aims can be accomplished by individuals as well as groups (perhaps better.) Until a resolution is possible, Templars may choose to exist as individual sovereign people, resisting the urge to form collectives; individuals would have no one to argue with (one hopes.)
Learn to Play Second Fiddle
Read what Chevalier The Rev. Dr. Gordon Powell KSJ has to say about learning to be happy with other people. Can we save those who have fallen to the dark side?
de Fontes Issue
Perhaps the single most divisive issue in the Templar world is whether or not de Sousa Fontes is Grand Master. Valid opinions are presented on both sides:
Until this is resolved there will indeed be a major split in the Templar world. You have to respect both sides and acknowledge that both sides do great work, but the difficulty clearly is that individuals desire to remain loyal to the principles they agreed to on joining the Order. It is indeed distressing that this situation is as it is. We can all only pray and strive to be friendly with each other.
Advise from Alexander Solzhenitsyn
A society based on the letter of the law and never reaching any higher, fails to take advantage of the full range of possibilities. Why have Christains bent truth and:
What would Foucault say?
It is interested that those who have spent careers controlling discourse and creating misinformation have extended their reach to chivalric matters. Legally this is legitimate, but what of morality, truth and ethics? It is interesting to note that Foucault refused to engage in polemics (look it up and reflect on this behaviour.) Remarkable.
Advise from Dorothy Rowe
Putting time and energy into hatred and revenge diminishes us. Seeing our enemy as a despised object rather than a fellow human being reduces our capacity for empathy, and it's empathy that allows us to leave the narrow confines of our own little world and explore other people's worlds, and draw close to other people in kindness, generosity and love. Needing an enemy is like needing a smoke or a drink. Fulfilling that kind of need can be comforting at the time, but, in the long run, having an enemy only does us harm.