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In my fraternity, while there is mention of a Supreme Being in our rituals and traditions, we do not require a member or pledge to profess any allegiance to any specific religion or creed.
As a Freemason, along with the requirement in applying of my own free will and accord, I was also required to profess a belief in a Supreme Being (whether He is named God, Allah, or whatever the case may be); otherwise the obligations I took to become a Freemason would not have been binding upon myself. In all Masonic lodge meetings and initiations, prayer opens and closes each meeting.
As a Masonic Knight Templar, I took an obligation to defend the Christian religion to the preferment of others.
In the olden days (when my chapter had a traditional fraternity house) it was pretty common to offer Grace before the meal.
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Causa latet vis est notissima - the cause is hidden, the results are well known.
Alpha Alpha (University of Oklahoma) Chapter, #814, 1984
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