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I think it's important to remember here that while most sororities were founded by women of Christian faith, not all subscribe to _specifically_ Christian ideas. (I'm sure the same is true of fraternities.) I suppose ideas such as friendship, love, philanthropy, etc. fit into the Judeo-Christian ethic, they are not exclusive to it. On the other hand, swearing to Jesus would be specifically Christian.
To be honest, I am not a Christian or religious at all. As such, I nearly walked out of my Order of Omega initiation because it asked me to swear to something I was not comfortable with. I stuck with it (and our Greek life advisor approved) because it was "only" an honor society. If a certain belief was core to it, it should have been expressed earlier than this point in the ceremony!
However - GLOs have open creeds that express their beliefs fairly well. It's your responsibility as a rushee and a new member to find out what you are getting into. If you can't comfortably swear to what the sorority is about, it doesn't matter how much you like the members - you should be looking elsewhere.
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