Until very recently, I was the vice president of a local chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, a social sorority. Officially, I am in a leave of absense, but for all practical purposes, I'm leaving the organization.
First of all, I want to say that none of the below has anything to do with why I quit. Still, I find it strange.
The organization is all about the "glorious sisterhood." Hey, it's a girl's club - so of course it's going to be about something like that. However, there are rituals for EVERYTHING, it's like adult girl scouts - we have to say an opening and closing ritual whenever we have a meeting. When we move up in the group, or someone is being honored, there is a "ritual" involved - and that's what it's called. It's not like masons, where there are secret stuff that's revealed as you rise up - you just can't participate in the rituals if you aren't a member. While one can get the information on a ritual easilly, there is supposed to be a secretive nature about it.
What I thought was strange, was that there is fine print in our little Book of Beta Sigma Phi that says that the LCMS approves of the rituals - no other denomination, just the LCMS.
You know, come to think about it, there's that kind of stuff in every fraternity and sorority - especially the ones on college campuses. Not the fine print about the LCMS approving it, but the different rituals themselves.
This is weirding me out.
