If people in your office don't know your stance, no need to answer.
2006-12-20 22:13:24 · 5 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Bender: I didn't know you were an atheist. Congrats, man! There's hope for you yet.
2006-12-20 22:27:40 · update #1
I can't call it discrimination because I didn't loose anything myself. But I'm a manager for a corporate real estate company, and I have several people working for me. There is a strict policy of no religious conversations in the workplace. I someone brought to my attention that one of my staff was leaving those Christian tatters around the break room. I explained to her that this was not acceptable, and that some people find religion an uncomfortable subject. When she demanded for me to present an example, I used myself. I told her that I am really not comfortable with people evangelizing in my workplace. She shut up about it, but later went to Human resources and demanded a transfer because she couldn't work for a heathen atheist. They refused to provide her with a transfer on those grounds and she quit.
I will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
2006-12-20 22:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by Satan Lord of Flames 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The truth is quite the opposite. Christmas got the boot from New York City public schools, but Jewish, Islamic and Kwanzaa celebrations and symbols got a free pass.
School administrators at Colorado's Columbine High School, the site of the 1999 student massacre, picked through and pried loose more than 90 of the 2,100 ceramic tiles in tribute to those killed and placed in a hallway above student lockers. The offense? The tiles were painted with messages such as "God is Love" and "4/20/99 Jesus wept" and were deemed "objectionable."
An "Easter Can Drive" sponsored annually by a Warriors for Christ club at a Hampton, Va., high school was changed to "Spring Can Drive" by administrators because they found the word "Easter" potentially offensive. The can drive was to raise funds for the local YMCA women's shelter.
A middle school in Elk Grove, Calif., sponsored a pro-homosexuality event involving several single-person skits. The subjects included the rape of a girl and a gay football player who emphasized that he was "born" that way. Parents were not notified of the event and one parent related that his son had been told at school, "It's okay if you don't like girls, because that means you're gay."
2006-12-21 06:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Darktania 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I only make it known I am a non-beleiver when beleivers try to engage me in discussions at work about their faith.. or when someone dies, or when people ask me what i am doing for Christmas.... THis atheist will count money and sing " Oh what a friend we haaaave in Jesussssss.... cha-ching cha-ching...
2006-12-21 06:18:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, in my office i have hard core anglicans and high church of england... i sometimes try to keep my opinions to myself, but i have made my opinions known to one of my colleagues, who said to me: "well you don't believe now, but one day you will, you're too young(22) to know now... i was rebellious too once"... now what the f**k?! i told her that it's offensive to say such a thing to someone, and that i will not take any notice of this for this time, but will apprechiate this never repeats itself in the future, and that she could learn to respect my beliefs as much as i respect hers. we're great colleagues, but she hasn't said anything since. it's a hard life if you believe in science... :-D
2006-12-21 06:27:44 · answer #4 · answered by ~maryjane~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yup, and I work in construction. The most tolerant people are trades people. We have to be, our lives depend on each other.
2006-12-21 06:19:24 · answer #5 · answered by Barabas 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋