[hiramknight]

Freemasonry does not advocate or disassociate with any religion. The requirement of believing in deity is to assure that the perspective mason is not so self-absorbed to understand his own mortality, and that this journey in life has a destination, and he will be judged at the end as to what was left in his wake. Is the world a better place having him been a part of it? Based on that, believing in a higher being and his pending judgement, assures us that the man will strive to live by the highest set of moral standards. That is the fundamental principle of freemasonry. All of the ritual reminds us of this, and means nothing if not practiced during our "journey". Loving thy neighbor is the basic message conveyed by Christianity, therefore, freemasonry coexists with Christianity as another vehicle of that message. I am a Freemason, and a Christian. For some to say I cannot be both is unfairly judgmental. Judge not, lest ye be judged. We all will be in the end. Not by the riches we've aquired, but by riches we've bestowed upon our fellow travelers.

[RegulatorCountry]

I’ve not said that you could not be Christian and a Mason, hiramknight. I’ve said that some of the ritual and ceremony would seem not particularly Christian, to the more devout fundamentalist.

Comments on this thread bear that observation out.