Monday, August 15, 2011

Greek Life and Religion? Open to All current Greeks ?

I can ure you that none of our organizations are demonic. However, there is a small group of individuals that have denounced their organizations because of their current narrow view of Christianity. This supposed "ex-soror" of my organization is either not really a member, took part in things that are not the norm in the organization and therefore are not allowed, or she is just straight up and down lieing to further her own agenda or settle a score. None of the organizations worship Greek/Roman gods (this was an outright lie!) and pledging and hazing is not permitted. I am a Christian and so are most of our members. In fact, I got even closer to God once I became a member because so many of my chapter sorors worshipped God together every Sunday. Trust me, there is no idoltry unless individuals are seeking to idolize which would be their fault and weakness, no one else's. Although I have never personally met anyone like this, I would imagine that there are some members that don't know how to balance their lives and allow their organization to become way too big in their lives and then they might start feeling guilty because they are being neglectful of other life areas, like being active in church. But this is their fault and they should be angry with themselves, not with the organizations. You can be as active as you want to or as your time permits in the organizations so no one can set your schedule but you; there is no mandatory amount of time you are permitted to spend on sorority activities. Also, it's true that some chapters don't follow the rules when it comes to pledging/hazing, but it's also true that many chapters DO follow their organizations' rules. I am the product of such a chapter. Those who do not comply with the organizations' rules suffer the consequences if caught, including expulsion from the organizations. For all we know this "ex-soror" could have been expelled for misconduct and she is trying now to settle the score. Whatever you do, do your own research and exploration before just believing what people say and seek out current active members (preferably those that have been members for some time) and respectfully ask questions. We are NOT secret societies and we are more than happy to discuss our organizations with those who are respectful. We do have some confidential information that we cannot share but so does my place of work and so do many organizations, companies, groups, etc. Feel free to email me if you wish and if you are thinking about pursuing membership into one of these organizations, seek your own answers and do your own research because you never know what someone's motives are.

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