8. Is belief in God a requirement to be a Freemason?
    In those branches of Freemasonry that work “to the glory of the Great Architect of the Universe” (which includes the English-speaking branches of the Order), members must profess a belief in an intelligence that guides the world. However, Freemasons are not required to hold any particular beliefs about that guiding intelligence or to conceive of it in any particular way. The language we use about it is like most of our language about great concepts: it is poetical, metaphorical, and figurative. Freemasons conceive of “God” in a variety of ways, according to their backgrounds. The way they talk about “God” is symbolical.