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Originally posted by sugar and spice
You can try thinking of the references to Jesus or God or whatever it is that you don't believe in as symbols -- they're just using them to better illustrate the concepts of love, sisterhood, loyalty, service, etc. Of course I don't know any sorority's ritual but my own, but I'd be surprised if any of them insisted you believe in Jesus or God in order to join. All that they ask is that you believe in the concepts that Jesus/God/whatever is illustrating -- sisterhood, loyalty, service, love.
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S&S, I totally agree. One could just as easily hold up Buddha or Muhammad as an example. Furthermore, how many sororities have patrons/patronesses who are Olympian gods? Kappa's patroness is Athena, but we don't ask that any of our members believe in her, pray to her, or worship her. We simply use her as an example of the ideal of wisdom.
Whenever anyone brings up Jesus, one of my non-Christian sisters-- she's actually a Druid-- responds, "Jesus? Love his work!" I think that's the best.
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