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I'll just throw out there that I've been interested in Masonry lately, during the pandemic I realized how lacking connections are in my life and the idea of a f
by hpoe 5y ago
I'll just throw out there that I've been interested in Masonry lately, during the pandemic I realized how lacking connections are in my life and the idea of a fraternity of men that have joined together to be better is something that I would want to be a part of.
I've been going to some of their open meetings lately and enjoyed them, but what I've found of masonry I've liked so far. It isn't some big secret it is more like an institution that helps builds connections amongst people.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoI wonder if they'll change their policy on mandating belief in a God of some kind, as agnosticism and atheism become increasingly popular.
- hpoe 5y agoThey already did back in the 1800s the French formed the Grand Orient and removed the requirement of a belief in a higher power. The Grand Orient of France is not recognized by other branches of Masonry necessarily but it is already there.
- vidanay 5y agoThere are no rules that your higher power is an anthropomorphic, omnipotent, omniscient, sky chair god. The definition is entirely up to the candidate and there is no quiz or qualifications.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoI think most agnostics and atheists don't believe in a higher power just in general. And if you stretch it to, "the nothingness you believe in is your supreme being!" the definition is so loose as to be meaningless. A word with no end is a deed with no boundaries. What a thing isn't means as much it its identity as the things is definitely is.