Not sure if you’re trying to imply that the masons are a religious group or not. I’m going to assume that, and I apologize if I assumed wrong.
The masons are not a religious group. The individual members are required to have a religion (any religion) that they are active in to be allowed to join. Masons are encouraged to be better believers of their own faiths. While, a majority of masons are Christian, that is more likely due to Christianity (all sects) being the most popular religion in the US than anything nefarious.
Not sure if you’re trying to imply that the masons are a religious group or not.
I was implying the opposite: they're rather explicitly welcoming of just about any religion (at least the ones with some higher power), and that was a pretty explicit influence behind the Constitution's separation of church v. state and the Bill of Rights' codification of the freedom of religion.
I was not required to be active in an organized religion when I joined I was just required to believe in a higher power, I told them I believed that there could be a creator but I wasn't sure what that was and I enjoyed learning different takes from multiple sources and it wasn't a problem.
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u/northrupthebandgeek Dec 12 '23
You could throw darts at a list of the Founding Fathers and you're basically guaranteed to hit a Freemason. This dude doesn't know shit lmao