to qualify for a freemason he/she has to believe in the supreme being what is meant by this "supreme being"
2006-10-12 10:27:03 · 18 answers · asked by ANGEL ICE 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
In order to become a Freemason, in American Co-Masonry (Freemasonry for women and men) at least, she or he has to believe in a Supreme Being. That is correct. What is meant by that is between the candidate and his or her Supreme Being.
We do have a diversity of belief in our Lodges but since we do not allow open discussions of religion or politics since both are discordant to the harmony of our Lodge, it is not my business to know how diverse it is. Suffice it to say we have had readings from many Volumes of Sacred Lore at many different functions.
As many others have said, we are not a religion. We are a system of morality. We make no claim on what happens in the next life only try to figure out how best to live in this one.
A Master Mason
American Co-Masonry
Hiram Lodge (Santa Cruz, CA)
Amon Ra Lodge (Los Angeles, CA)
Sapientia Lodge of Research (Larkspur, CO)
Adamant Mark Lodge (Santa Cruz, CA)
2006-10-16 06:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To become a freemason a man must profess a belief in a Supreme Being. Any Supreme Being will do, there is no such thing as a "Masonic God". I sit in Lodge regularly with Protestants, Catholics, Mormons, Jews, Buddhists, and Nature Worshipers. I don't know what to call that last group but their concept of Supreme Being is sort of like the Force in Star Wars. We all are equal in Lodge. In India, it is not unusual for a lodge to have six or seven sacred books open on the altar during Lodge meetings, so that a new member can take his obligation on whichever sacred book is sacred to him. The discussion of sectarian religion is one of two topics expressly forbidden to be discussed in Lodge (politics is the other). Thus the notion that Masonry is a "religion" is completely ludicrous.
2006-10-13 01:25:24 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God
God as in what everything has stemed from.
We came from something non scientific. Non Darwin etc.
Freemasonry is understandable we as humans may view god and writtings in bibles different so it is left as just that you believe in a supreme being. You are not joining a church so your beliefs do not need to be Islam nor christian etc.
2006-10-14 00:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by Labatt113 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The supreme being is known as "The Great Architect Of The Universe" now this is a secret so don't go spreading it around or I will never get a cheap late pint on a Sunday night
2006-10-12 18:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by David R 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The supreme bring is god. Women cant be a freemason but they can join the equivalent which is eastern star.
2006-10-12 17:39:44 · answer #5 · answered by shoefairy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A stated belief in ANY higher supreme being will suffice, It is not restricted to belief in the christian God.
2006-10-12 17:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many who participate in Freemasonry are initially confused by what they see and hear. They believe that Freemasonry requires a belief in God as a condition of membership. They attempt to interpret lodge teachings, including Masonic teachings about the nature of the Masonic god, through a Christian paradigm. If a man understands the nature of God as revealed in the Scriptures and the nature of false gods as revealed in the teachings of pagan religions, he will have the basic information to know that the god of Freemasonry is not the God of the Bible. Freemasonry teaches that all pagan gods are the same Spirit as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
2006-10-12 18:17:06 · answer #7 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Any higher power or God - thus christians, hindus, buddhists, jews, muslims, deists, taoists, and agnostics can all join the freemasons.
2006-10-12 17:29:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The architect of the universe
2006-10-12 18:41:16 · answer #9 · answered by hjpollock 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who knows? A door knob, maybe? I know they believe in putting on silly hats and going off on drunken conventions minus their spouses. Its just a bunch of hooey. Joseph Smith, who started the Mormons, was a great believer in the Freemasons. In fact Freemasonry inspired much of the temple rigmarole nonsense.
2006-10-12 17:33:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋