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How about when your coworker carries around the bible when he walks around the office, and has their desktop full of bible quotes on a corporate computer?
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That's why I clarified what I said by saying it's ok in someone's home. Outside the home and church is when I don't think it's good to do, because you never know what religion people are or what God they pray to.
I would agree that its "ok", but it doesn't make it any less uncomfortable for their non-practicing guests.
I have never seen this here, but I agree - that is what I consider wearing your religion on your sleeve. I don't think it should be allowed. You do NOT mix religion with the workplace.
Well this guy commutes from Quitman, Georgia. It is also a professional State of FL office...
I've never had a problem at peoples houses, I'm just like ...whatever. I view it more as cultural aspects as many cultures are really tied to religion. I mean it is nothing near the stuff experienced in Muslim africa... where you hear ALLLAHHHHH AKBARRRR playing 5 times a day over a citywide intercom system, w/ people stopping in traffic to pray on a mat.
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I would agree that its "ok", but it doesn't make it any less uncomfortable for their non-practicing guests.
True, that's basically what I've been trying to say. I've been to people's houses where they pray before dinner, and I respect it, but i'm a little uncomfortable by it since I'm not used to doing it. Doesn't mean I won't bow my head during prayer. But if I were religious and had guests over that I knew weren't religious, I wouldn't pray while I had them over since I wouldn't want to make them uncomfortable.
True, that's basically what I've been trying to say. I've been to people's houses where they pray before dinner, and I respect it, but i'm a little uncomfortable by it since I'm not used to doing it. Doesn't mean I won't bow my head during prayer. But if I were religious and had guests over that I knew weren't religious, I wouldn't pray while I had them over since I wouldn't want to make them uncomfortable.
K, we seem to have the same opinion of that then. I'm not at all against religion, just very unfamiliar with it.
I think the most uncomfortable I've ever been was to a church my ex's family brought me to. They had this weird singing thing followed by hugs and handshakes for everyone sitting near you.
I don't know how many of you remember this, but there was an instance of a pilot of a large commerical airline who got on the PA system, in flight, and asked the passengers to pray with him. Apart from it being very unprofessional, think how you would feel at 50,000 feet if the pilot began praying? Our pilot is praying. Does he know something we don't know? Have we been hijacked? Is this plane going to crash? Are we going to die? That pilot caused panic among his passengers.
He had to publicly apologize. The airline had to publicly apologize. Very, very bad judgment on that pilot's part.
I don't know how many of you remember this, but there was an instance of a pilot of a large commerical airline who got on the PA system, in flight, and asked the passengers to pray with him. Apart from it being very unprofessional, think how you would feel at 50,000 feet if the pilot began praying? Our pilot is praying. Does he know something we don't know? Have we been hijacked? Is this plane going to crash? Are we going to die? That pilot caused panic among his passengers.
He had to publicly apologize. The airline had to publicly apologize. Very, very bad judgment on that pilot's part.
K, we seem to have the same opinion of that then. I'm not at all against religion, just very unfamiliar with it.
I think the most uncomfortable I've ever been was to a church my ex's family brought me to. They had this weird singing thing followed by hugs and handshakes for everyone sitting near you.
Peace be to you. And also with you. Then people say peace and shake hands with those around them.
It's fairly new. They never used to do that years ago.
This thread which originally asked a good thoughtful question has now digressed to the standard South/Christian bashing. Do you ever see any Christians on here bashing people for not praying before a meal or any other time for that matter -
you do not. These posters wouldn't feel comfortable with the US Senate either, because they begin every session with prayer. If someone praying in their own home before a meal is the complaint you decide to write about on here, that's very petty. Should they complain if they go to your house and you don't pray before you eat - they would feel just as uncomfortable, but it's always the Christian who has no consideration or tolerance.
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