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SOUTH SHIELDS FREEMASONS'
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11. What part does religion play in Freemasonry?
Belief in God, the Supreme Being is the heart and bedrock of Freemasonry.
However, Freemasonry is not, nor ever will be, a religion. Nor does it purport to have any religious standing whatsoever.
Freemasonry does not expound the virtue of any one religion in particular. It expounds the virtue of Faith in general and the advantages it holds out for every person - man, woman and child.
Freemasonry embraces people from all the main Faiths. But in the spirit of Craftsmen, the Supreme Being, or God, is referred to as the "Great Architect of the Universe". That generic title is acceptable to anyone who believes in a Supreme Being and enables people from all Faiths to stand together in collective homage.
In this sense, Freemasonry has, since the early 1800's been ahead of its time in its desire and success in bringing together people of all Faiths.
