This is one in an ongoing series for the thinking sort of fellow, of which we have many.  Why does Masonry insist, stubbornly, on a belief in God or some higher power?  I think it boils down to Masonry's transcendent understanding of Man, and our belief in the ultimately ennobling value of a spiritual basis for life.  Without it, we believe the result is de-humanizing: an absolute denial of the aspirations of any people, and ultimately destructive.  Read on...