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Originally posted by James
Kappa Sigma is very clear. Unless you profess a belief in a higher power you can't join. Pure and simple.
Which means you either have to tuly beilieve it, or at least go along with it.
I would very surpised if others groups don't pre-clear their people in the same way.
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Well, guess what. Sometimes people are stupid.
I hope I'm not revealing too much here, but I'm going to come right out and say that any and all references to God/Jesus/higher power in my sorority's ritual are strictly optional. Headquarters tells chapters that we are to decide on an individual basis. They understand, and I am in full agreement with them here, that collegiate women come from all different backgrounds and religions (or lack thereof) and shouldn't feel excluded just because they don't hold the big JC to be their personal saviour.
My guess is that my chapter would be in for quite a surprise if someone busted out with a reading from the King James Bible in the middle of Initiation. No doubt half of us would have walked out. I know I would have.
Anyway, my point is that the demographic varies so broadly from chapter to chapter that it's hard to make this stuff work for everyone. I think that GLOs that aren't specifically religious in nature should work in this kind of religious option, or else really insist to each chapter that New Members be informed of the religious aspect to the ritual. It's silly and outdated to be telling people that they need to either "truly believe it, or at least go along with it", when the "it" we're talking about is stuff that was made up by a bunch of college kids in the 19th century, who were dealing with a fundamentally different demographic.