Sunshine (she/her) to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhy are the freemasons often the target of conspiracy theories?message-squaremessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down18
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareWhy are the freemasons often the target of conspiracy theories?Sunshine (she/her) to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days 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-up3·3 days 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-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days 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.