So Scandinavian Masonry has a question to ask itself. Is it productive in the long history of civilized masonic orders to continue to require that Masons be Christian in Scandinavia? There is a distinction to be made between this stance and that of the rest of Freemasonry which requires only that a man be a Believer. This killer was an assasin more akin to a terrorist than to a just and upright mason. His soul is imperiled by his confusion and he has cut short the lives of many who now have no chance to bring light into the world. It is in direct contradiction to the thought of a "brotherhood of mankind under the fatherhood of God". A bold and benevolent society of friends and brothers would see this as a serious breech and would take decisive action. One that is beholden to its traditions would not. Confusion is within the temple, something not to be dismissed.
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