Anyone who bashes Catholicism as somehow superstitious, but themselves subscribe to the semi-occult nonsense of Masonry (especially Oriental rite) can go boil their heads as far as I'm concerned.
There is absolutely nothing ambiguous in “Supreme Being”, Supreme Architect of the Universe or God.
Masonry unites men of every sect but, you must believe in a Supreme Being and an afterlife.
In North America, we pray to God, who created us.
Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Jehovah’s Witness, Mormons, etc.
Buddhists are out, as they believe in nothing and therefore, to them, there is no Supreme Being nor an afterlife relative to a Supreme Being or God.
As for Catholic Bashing, won’t get none from me.
We are sprung from the same well of Christ’s promise and Catholics were probably the original Christians and the word Catholic itself means “Universal” which is God’s promise to man and what separates Christianity from all other religions.
God tells us “There is none worthy, no, not one” and never amends that statement, even after we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior.
So, all men are created equal under God.
It’s a fraternity, nothing more, nothing less.
The fraternity has no religious beliefs, nor any theology.
The requirement of believing in G-d is simply to make sure the oaths are trustworthy.
Now, have a lot of freemasons written a bunch of pseudo-religious tripe? Anti-Roman Catholic tripe? Yep. Lots of stupid freemasons have existed.
Lots of smart ones, too, from George Washington to John Wayne.