Fraternity = Religion

The general populace believes fraternities are no-good organizations that are detrimental to society. They have loud parties, get drunk to the point of belligerence and harass people. This is true to some extent. It is a generalization and everyone knows all generalizations are wrong. They practices are performed by a minority of the Greek system and are generally frowned upon by other fraternal members as is deleterious to our reputation.

Fraternities by definition are philanthropic organizations with a goal to better the community in which they reside. The “brothers” share an almost blood based relationship based on sacrifice, trust and shard experience. Certain similarities can be drawn between fraternity and religion to be specific Christianity.

Like Christian church, fraternities have a base of gathering, the chapter house. This is where meetings and social gatherings are conducted. Similar to the bible, there is also a documented history to every fraternity that is held sacred to the members, history that is respected and learned by every member. Rituals of the brotherhood are held in equal reverence for this is another integral part of the organization. There are songs, poems and images that represent the fraternity.

The main difference between fraternities and church is that one does not go to the chapter house in fear of damnation by God; one goes there willingly as part of a benevolent group of men to help better themselves and society



Note: Don’t get me wrong we are a group of young men. We like to have fun, throw parties and provide entertainment to for the entire campus. That is what people expect from us. As well as being a philanthropic organization fraternities have also evolved into a revered social organization, which we are proud of and is unfortunately where we go our bad name.