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I remember during my "pledge education" classes, approximately 30 years ago, at the time Chi Omega had an open motto of "Hellenic culture and Christian ideals." If you Google it, the phrase still exists all over the internet in connection to Chi O, including on its Wikipedia page, but does not appear on the Chi Omega website, so apparently it's been phased out, either officially or unofficially.
And in my (admittedly, pretty hazy) memories, I also remember our pledge trainer actually having us learn that phrase as "Judeo-Christian ideals" because it was more reflective of our chapter's make-up.
Either way, even though I probably was a budding young atheist back then, I wasn't as self-aware of my beliefs (non-beliefs?) as I am now. So, while I didn't really love religious references, they didn't bother me, either. I probably was like "Christian ideals? What's that supposed to mean? Oh, who cares, we have a party tonight with Kappa Sigma."
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