Is it unreasonable of me to tell people to remove there cross necklace and other religious items in my house?

Question

I dont allow any religious items in my house such as crosses, yamakahs, hijabs or any other things like that. They have to take it off because my house is officially atheist and i'm not gonna allow all that to be worn on my property

If you have tattoos you would not be allowed on the property at all, i already explained my property is OFFICIALLY ATHEIST

no religious tattoos

Answer 1

In my opinion, my dear, that is too far over the top. Yes, it is indeed your property but there is also something called hospitality and that means making your guests comfortable. You might ask them the omit items of a religious nature but you;'re a host and even in your own home you have responsibility towards your guests. I highly doubt you'll have many though, considering your limitations. Be kind to people. if you don't like religion at all, just please realize others do like it. Be kind. Blessings.

Answer 2

Is it unreasonable? I think you would know in advance the religious thinking of the person prior to inviting them or allowing them into your "atheist" home. So yes, it would be unreasonable. If they weren't invited onto your property then simply tell them so. No need to get personal.

What you do or do not allow in your home is your business. But your spiritual thinking shouldn't be imposed on guests. Otherwise ONLY have other atheists in your home.

Freedom of pursuit and expression is really the point here. Rather in your own home or not? You don't have to agree with someone wearing a certain talisman. It isn't about refusing others to display their personal beliefs. This seems more that you demand that YOUR thoughts be acknowledged above all else.

At the risk of provoking other paths of thinking...............

Answer 3

Yes it is unreasonable. I don't know why you would invite someone who believes in God to your home anyway. What do you have to say to that person? What do you have in common? But just as you have the freedom not to believe in God or anything else, people have the freedom to wear whatever they like. Property or not, you have no right to tell another person to remove anything they are wearing that you might consider religious. That takes a lot of nerve. How does one make their house "officially atheist"? Is there some kind of ceremony or mayoral declaration?

If you don't believe in God, then why would "religious items" bother you? Because if God doesn't exist, then aren't those items you mentioned just items? But if they bother you, then it's because you do believe God exists and that's why you don't want them to be worn on your property.

Answer 4

I'm sorry but that is rediculous. Thats almost saying that in a christian household that non-believers of their faith have to remove their religious items. I have a religious tatoo and it means the world to me. I wouldn't be allowed on your property. You are taking the freedom of religion too far. The rest of us also have this admendment too...and we can wear whatever fits into our religion...might that be a cross, yamakah,hijabs...ect.

Answer 5

Wow. I'm a fellow atheist and I'm offended beyond belief at this question.

You're not only being unreasonable, but you're being discriminatory. I might have had a harder time answering this if it was just down to crosses and such, but to refuse to allow a person on your property for having a religious TATTOO?! That is just wrong beyond all belief.

I sure hope you haven't ever whined about a religious person forcing you to pray in their home when you're an atheist because you're doing the exact same thing, except in reverse. If a religious person can't force us to believe in their home, you have NO RIGHT to force them to leave their faith at the door when they come into your home, let alone refuse them into your home for a tattoo.

I can be fervently atheistic myself, but even I wouldn't stoop so low as to demand religious people remove their religious faith or else get the hell off my property. I may not agree with religious folks, but I at least let them keep their faith in my home(yes, even permitting them to read the Bible and pray) so long as it's understood that proselytization and trying to convert and force ME to believe in my own home won't be allowed. If we want religious believers to respect us and allow us the right to our nonbelief, we have to be fair and respect them and allow them their beliefs. To demand otherwise is just plain discriminatory and unbecoming of any belief.

You seriously need to get your priorities in order and stop being so selfish.

Answer 6

It's your property, so you can do or allow whom or what you wish (as long as it's legal). But I suspect that you will have few friends if you do this. Will you also stop people from coming on your property if they disagree with you about other things, like what's the best movie, PC or Mac, or what beverage they prefer to drink? Exactly how much does someone have to agree with you to get onto your property?

(I'm not trying to offend, rather just taking the idea to the extreme to point out that it doesn't work. But I suspect that this question is not completely serious anyway.)

Answer 7

Yes I think this is very unreasonable actually. I can understand that you are athiest and want people to respect your right as an athiest, but if these people are your family/friends then you should also respect their religious beliefs. Just because they are expressing their beliefs of God in such ways as wearing a cross necklace, hijab or such, does not mean that they are trying to force their religion on you, they are just believing, that's all. As it is your right to be an athiest, it is their right to follow a religion (whchever religion they wish to believe in.) Don't you think for you to ask them to respect your belief and you not respect their belief is hypocritical? Because I do.

Answer 8

Well it seems pretty unreasonable but its your house and you can do whatever you like. Some people will certainly not visit you or try and redeem the hell out of you though so if you take it to far your going to have religious people hounding you all the time...as a curiosity I wonder what you do when jehovas or mormons come knocking on your door. Do you give them instead a big lecture about your non believe, or if you invite them in do you tell them to leave their bible on the step.? Either way its your house...funny funny stuff.

Answer 9

That is extremely unreasonable. Your religious friends would not expect you to put ON any religious garb of any kind, or honor their traditions while in their home. Religion is an extremely personal issue and you should leave other people alone to worship any way they like. It has nothing to do with "your home" or "your property." It's about showing respect, which you are not doing.

Answer 10

After reading some of your other questions I'm beginning to wonder how you function in the real world. If someone wears a t-shirt you don't like to your home (even if it isn't religious), do you demand they take it off? If someone keeps a lighted Nativity scene on their yard in your neighborhood, would you demand they take it down? How do people respond to your demands? Have any of your friends secretly painted a giant crucifix on your living room wall while you were in the john therefore defiling your "officially atheist" house? Have you ever been to dinner at a home where Grace was said before a meal? Did you revolt or did you just sit quietly (and politely) until it was over?

You don't like Christmas music, don't play it. Don't like religious jewelry, don't wear it. You don't believe in God. We get it. But please respect others rights to do so. And please respect guests in your house just as they would respect you in their homes...or don't bother letting them in.

May God bless you...even if you don't want Him to.