isn’t a belief in God (however you belive) required in masonry?
(see also the Boy Scouts, and we don’t have issues with the scouts...)
> isn’t a belief in God (however you belive) required in masonry?
Yes, just as you’ve said.
A belief in God is an absolute requirement of Freemasonry. This means that technically there can be no such thing as an Athiest Freemason, and it also probably precludes Agnostics from joining as well.
When an Entered Apprentice begins his Degree he is asked a question that requires him to positively identify that he believes in God. If he does not, then the initiation ends right there and he will not be permitted to join. No ifs, ands, or buts.
Yes it is, and as you may very well know, you would never be admitted upon your first request to enter a lodge room unless you did agree with that. The brothers on here need only recall their first entry into a lodge room and the question that was asked of them.