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Ok, what's your take on a few people getting together twice a week for a Bible Study during the lunch? At a company I use to work for, a lady tried to get a Bible Study going, but it didn't work after a couple of times. She told me, "I just couldn't get/keep the interest". My wife attends a Bible Study twice a week, during lunch, where she works. It doesn't bother me at all, but should religion be brought into work? She has told me that when the small group (3-4 ladies) have met in the cafeteria (corner table), some employees glance at them (they see the Bibles) and perhaps make remarks to themselves.
In previous years of employment, I have never seen (or heard of) a Bible Study group meeting on the job.
If youre off the clock and at lunch a person should be able to do whatever they want. Bible study, go home and have sex, go to the bar and watch part of a game, go pick up your kid, whatever. No big deal.
Ok, what's your take on a few people getting together twice a week for a Bible Study during the lunch? At a company I use to work for, a lady tried to get a Bible Study going, but it didn't work after a couple of times. She told me, "I just couldn't get/keep the interest". My wife attends a Bible Study twice a week, during lunch, where she works. It doesn't bother me at all, but should religion be brought into work? She has told me that when the small group (3-4 ladies) have met in the cafeteria (corner table), some employees glance at them (they see the Bibles) and perhaps make remarks to themselves.
In previous years of employment, I have never seen (or heard of) a Bible Study group meeting on the job.
It's not using any resources. I assume management is OK with it. If people want to waste their time paying homage to an imaginary being and it doesn't bother anybody, why not? Would people get upset if these coworkers spent their time writing letters to Santa Claus or worshiping corn?
"No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means." - George Bernard Shaw
I have certainly heard of people doing this, but I do live in an area of the country called the Bible Belt. My husband used to participate in one as a matter of fact. I think what people do on their lunch hour is strictly up to them even if they are on the company premises if they are not bothering anyone (assuming it's not illegal or immoral!) Religion and spirituality is part of many people lives. I don't see that they have to negate that just because they are at work. An employer doesn't control their employees' conversations while they're off the clock. So why would they try to curtail religious speech anymore than something else?
As long as they don't start proselytizing to other employees, I really wouldn't care. Unfortunately (and this has happened at a former job) it usually starts out as 'bible study' and moves into 'let's see how many people we can convert under the guise of simply inviting people to our luncheon'. Plus, if anyone in management gets involved it could get a bit hairy. I was at a job (same as the one mentioned before) where management was involved in a lunch time bible study and if you didn't participate you wouldn't get any raises or promotions.
I think it would be fine if they were outside the building on their own and not in the company cafeteria where other people will want to enjoy their lunch in peace.
A couple days ago I walked by a closed conference room door (this is in Los Angeles) and I heard sounds that didn't quite sound like a meeting (didn't sound like a couple was doing the wild thing either...), but a minute or two later about ten guys with yarmulkes walked out of there.
A friend of mine got a job in LA (he's in IT) - one of the requirements was a 3-month Scientology class . He did 6 hours of work and 3 (or 4?) hours of 'study' in the first 3 months of his employment. He had to pass the final exam to be able to stay with the company. Only in LA .
In red below, is exactly what I'm thinking/talking about! If a Bible Study is done behind a close door inside a company, that would be ok. But, if others have to walk by a group discussing the Bible and see the Bibles, that another thing. If I have a problem at work, I don't want to ask management or a co-worker about the problem and have them reply "just pray about it" or "read this Verse in the Bible". AND, there could be some co-works that would frown on associating with people who are involved in a Bible Study at work. Remember, there are only 3 or 4 people in the Bible Study my wife is in, that is a really, really small number compared to the total number of workers there! That sure doesn't sound like an "interesting" group to the others at work to join!
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As long as they don't start proselytizing to other employees, I really wouldn't care. Unfortunately (and this has happened at a former job) it usually starts out as 'bible study' and moves into 'let's see how many people we can convert under the guise of simply inviting people to our luncheon'. Plus, if anyone in management gets involved it could get a bit hairy. I was at a job (same as the one mentioned before) where management was involved in a lunch time bible study and if you didn't participate you wouldn't get any raises or promotions.
I think it would be fine if they were outside the building on their own and not in the company cafeteria where other people will want to enjoy their lunch in peace.
Sounds good to me. I wouldn't want to be part of a Bible study, but, I think it is nice for employees to get together and actually talk not just sit on their phones or just stare into space like mud fences
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My husband used to participate in one as a matter of fact. I think what people do on their lunch hour is strictly up to them even if they are on the company premises if they are not bothering anyone (assuming it's not illegal or immoral!) Religion and spirituality is part of many people lives. I don't see that they have to negate that just because they are at work.
An employer doesn't control their employees' conversations while they're off the clock. So why would they try to curtail religious speech anymore than something else?
. He did 6 hours of work and 3 (or 4?) hours of 'study' in the first 3 months of his employment. He had to pass the final exam to be able to stay with the company. 
Only in LA 
