There is no oath taken when it comes to spiritual or religious propositions within the craft. I am a member of a Presbyterian church. Within my lodge are Baptist, Catholics, Methodists, Mormons, Muslims, and other religious determinations. Each man should pray for wisdom and discernment from the Lord whether a Mason or not.
Where most people have trouble with the craft is that we believe in the existense of a supreme being. Webster defines a supreme being as God. So do I. So does Masonry. Not all religions have the same philosophy. There are many religions that don’t use the Bible society recognizes. The American Indian didn’t study the Bible, yet they believed in a spiritual being that had names within their languages. Can they be a Mason? Of course.
I guess you could say the Masons were religiously correct long before politics stepped in and used it for a way to separate people from each other and into categories. We don’t care what religion you are, just that it have a belief in deity.
Masons believe that there is one God and that people employ many different ways to seek, and to express what they know of God. Masonry primarily uses the appellation, “Grand Architect of the Universe,” and other non-sectarian titles, to address the Deity. In this way, persons of different faiths may join together in prayer, concentrating on God, rather than differences among themselves. Masonry believes in religious freedom and that the relationship between the individual and God is personal, private, and sacred. Without interfering in religious practice, it expects each member to follow his own faith and to place his Duty to God above all other duties. Its moral teachings are acceptable to all religions.
So the only religion not accepted as one by the craft is no religion. And excluding any religion that professes a deity is not right. We all fall under God, no matter what name is put upon the Almighty.
rwood
Ask your fellow Muslim member of Allah is the same as Jehovah.
If he is honest you will quickly discover the two are not the same.
There is only one God...and that is the God revealed in the Bible.