Idid. I was asked if I believed in the immortality of the soul and theresurrection to a future life. I said that I did. The lodge voted and scheduledmy Entered Apprentice degree for May 17, 2012. I was then passed to Fellowcrafton August 2, 2012 (my birthday) and raised to the sublime degree of MasterMason on September 6, 2012.Entrei em contato com minha lojalocal, preenchi minha peticao e esperei por noticias. Sem que eu soubesse naepoca, um companheiro macom e correligionario tinha mencionado casualmente a oSegundo Vigilante da minha loja que eu era Pagao. Eu vim a ter conhecimento deque ocorreramvarias discussoes entre os oficiais da loja antes da minhainiciacao quanto a minha aptidao para a Maconaria. Finalmente, eles concordaramem prosseguir. A comissao de investigacao domiciliar apareceu e nos visitou, amim eminha esposaem nossa casa. Perguntaram-me se eu acreditava em um Deus.Eu disse que sim. Perguntaram-me se eu acreditava na imortalidade da alma e naressurreicao para uma vida futura. Eu disse que sim. A loja votou e programouminha iniciacao no grau de Aprendiz para 17 de maio de 2012. Fui, entao,elevado a Companheiro em 2 de agosto de 2012 (meu aniversario) e exaltado aograu sublime de Mestre Macom em 6 de setembro de 2012.During this time, another non-Christian wasinitiated into my lodge. He is an Odinist (and Tribalist) and has no hesitationmentioning his beliefs to anyone. At some point, his catechism instructor had adisagreement with him and allegedly criticized his religion. Tensions flared,the instructor was relieved of his EA class, but no further action was taken.The situation came to the attention of a DDGM, who proceeded to file chargesagainst the instructor.Durante este tempo, um outronao-cristao foi iniciado em minha loja. Ele e um Odinista (e Tribalista) e naohesitava em mencionar suas crencas a ninguem. Em algum momento, seu instrutorde catecismo teve um desentendimento com ele e supostamente criticou suareligiao. As tensoes explodiram, o instrutor foi dispensado de suas aulas deEA, mas nenhuma outra medida foi tomada. A situacao chamou a atencao de umGrao-Mestre Distrital Adjunto, que apresentou acusacoes contra o instrutor.On the night the charges were to be heard inlodge, the Grand Master of the State of Florida came to the lodge. The chargeswere read, and discussion commenced. Several brothers stood to defend theaccused instructor and cast aspersions on the Entered Apprentice who was at thecenter of the issue. One brother stood and began stating that some of theverbiage used in the charges (and attributed to the instructor) were commonlyused in Paganism, andtherefore couldnt have come from the instructor. Having a fairly deepknowledge base in Pagan religions and practices, I recognized this statement asfalse. I stood and made this known to the Brothers, admitting that I was aPagan to lend validity to my statement. After the vote was tallied, the GrandMaster stood and began to criticize the lodge for their practices, andproceeded to state that Paganism is in direct conflict with Freemasonry. NoPagan should ever be initiated into the Craft.Na noite em que as acusacoesdeveriam ser ouvidas em loja, o Grao-Mestre do Estado da Florida veio a loja.As acusacoes foram lidas, e