Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhy are the freemasons often the target of conspiracy theories?message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1133
arrow-up1133message-squareWhy are the freemasons often the target of conspiracy theories?Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareKitlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYou have to go through the Blue Lodge before you can go into the Scottish Right, and you must be religious to join the former. So yeah, the vast majority of members are Christians.
minus-square𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚎@h4x0r.hostlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoBeing religious and being a Christian aren’t the same thing. There are Hindu Freemasons too. The only requirement is believing in a creator.
minus-squareKitlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoRight, but the vast majority of Masons are Christian even in the Scottish Rite.
You have to go through the Blue Lodge before you can go into the Scottish Right, and you must be religious to join the former. So yeah, the vast majority of members are Christians.
Being religious and being a Christian aren’t the same thing. There are Hindu Freemasons too. The only requirement is believing in a creator.
Right, but the vast majority of Masons are Christian even in the Scottish Rite.