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michael.walsh@indy.com (Michael Walsh) writes:

> >  > I'm told in some states (such as my own Washington) I cannot be a
> >  > Mason because of the fact that I am a polytheist and these particular
> >  > jurisdictions have specifically required the belief in a
> >  > single, supreme being. Can anyone verify this?
> >
> > In order for anyone in Virginia to join Freemasonry, he
> > must profess a belief in a Supreme Being.  'A' meaning
> > one.  I've not had the occasion to question whether more
> > than one god with there being one more supreme than the
> > others is acceptable.  I don't think it is, but will
> > certainly  investigate it.

>In Pennsylvania, you must profess a belief in one and only one Supreme Being.

>I suspect that most jurisdictions are the same in this requirement.

I have been told that there are Witches, Hindus, and others who believe in
multiple Gods who are Masons.  However, each of these persons have still
believed in a Supreme Being who is either above all the Gods or the
essential union of them, or some such.  In simplest terms, one can be
a Mason who believes in multiple Gods as long as there is one Supreme
Being in ones belief-system.

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Enjoy the journey!
                       --B.A. "Bran" Davis-Howe (ba@mrcnext.cso.uiuc)

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