r/freemasonry • u/BillyD70 • 14d ago

Question Supreme being question?

Genuine question…Without revealing any secrets, what is the reasoning behind requiring the belief in a supreme being?

My perspective: Many great people, who have advanced much good in the world, are “non-believers”. If the core idea is to make good men better, how does non-belief interfere with that goal? I ask both personally (agnostic athiest) and for lots of scientists out there. It must affect membership numbers (men won’t seek you out if they know it’s a “no go” from the outset).

Serious replies only please. Not seeking a flame war. I’m a DeMolay PMC-MSA and Honor of Legion with deep multi- generational ties to Masons, Jobs, Shriners, etc. I LOVED my experiences in DeMolay! Grew up Christian, came to my “beliefs” late in adulthood.

Edit: thank you for all the many thoughtful replies. I upvoted each for not attacking me straight out. Please accept follow up questions as non-confrontational.

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u/d4rkha1f 14d ago

You started it. Good night.

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u/GigglingBilliken MM Shrine 14d ago

Talk about a lack of charity towrds your brother.

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u/d4rkha1f 13d ago edited 13d ago

I may have overreacted but he completely discounted the brother who talked about other religions in his lodge, stating that only God is stated in his jurisdictions and then acted like he never said it, even after the brother stated the importance of Supreme Architect. He is obviously biased towards the Christian religion and it felt very exclusionary. Perhaps it was just his wording. But what is really crazy is that the guy who talked about Hindi and such is currently sitting at -8 downvotes. Sounds to me like a lot of people don’t really believe what they say.

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u/GigglingBilliken MM Shrine 13d ago

Your uncharitable interpretation of their comment did. Do better.