MarkR
Premium Member
I'm making my way through Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry. I just read his reason (and like all Masonic interpretations, it's his, and no one else is required to accept it) which is that someone who doesn't believe in a supreme being then necessarily considers himself to be the highest power in his own life, and thus is not receptive to the teachings aimed at improving him. That's a rough paraphrasing, anyway.