Which is worse: someone who constantly shares their politics or a religious person who tries to convert you?

Question

We have someone I work with who is always arguing about Bush is the worst President ever and someone else always talks about being Christian and everyone should be...
Which is worse? I mean I have BOTH extremes here! Religious fanatical right and ignorant extremist leftist liberalism. Which is worse in your opinion? I don't want to hear anyone's opinion at work unless I ASK for it! What about you?

Answer 1

My Grandma always told me that our politics, our religion and our finances should be kept private. Well 2 outta 3 are not bad!

Answer 2

Sharing your political beliefs with someone shouldn't be a problem, unless of course you're not open-minded enough to listen. That's the problem. Neither side is listening to the other these days. There's a whole lot of yelling, mudslinging, exaggerations and misleading information out there and I for one, am sick of it. Just be HONEST. Both sides! We Americans are NOT dumb and we will not be LIED to anymore. But I digress. Have a conversation with your liberal co-worker. It doesn't have to turn into an argument unless you let it. Keep it light and fun make jokes about Republicans and Democrats. Try to be as non-partisan as possible. There's no need to be stand-offish. Share your opinions, don't preach and if your liberal friend is preaching, tell them just to share their views, don't preach. If your liberal co-worker gets angry, tell them to relax, if you get angry, tell yourself to relax. If none of that works, then just don't talk politics. Depending on which side of the political spectrum your beliefs lay, many Americans are not satisfied with the job Bush is doing these days, they're frustrated and looking to vent those frustrations. You can't blame them. BTW, all of the rules above apply to your Christian friend. Let the, share their beliefs, but don't let them preach to you, and you in turn can share your beliefs with them. I think trying to change someone's religious beliefs is much worse than trying to change someone's political affiliation. Religion is so much more personal. It's your relationship with God, for Pete's sake, not just some politician who only has their own interests in mind. Good Luck!

Answer 3

Probably some who is always proselytizing. Politics are usually a matter of opinion and often change over time; mine certainly have! But religious beliefs are usually just that: Beliefs. As such they don't tend to change nearly as much and are much more ingrained into the individual.

Neither is appropriate in a work environment, IMHO.

Answer 4

Both are really the same problem. It is someone trying to push their views on someone else. Regardless of which end of the spectrum the views happen to fall, it is wrong either way. You could say that it creates a hostile work environment. Also, you could tell both of them that their views are well known about religion and politics, and that those are controversial topics you prefer not to discuss. If they keep it up, go to your boss or the HR person.

Good luck!

Answer 5

i have to say the religious person. in your religion (or lack thereof) most people already have their concrete beliefs that won't be changed no matter what you do. yes, i can say that i'm guilty of doing this, but i realized what i had been doing and how freakin' annoying it really was to others.

yes, sharing politics is extremely annoying, but it seems that people are more open to accepting a new political belief than a religious one. but i will say, i'm very sick of those "Bush is Hitler" signs and all that jazz.

Answer 6

They are equally worse.

The religious person is being brainwashed and the person who constantly shares their politics is trying to brainwash you.

The problem with these two types of person is they do not know when to stop.

Answer 7

Either one is annoying as anything, but at least with the politics, you can usually make a good joke, and I'll always appreciate a good joke, whether I agree with the principles behind it or not. Religion is always so serious, because its the core of most people's beliefs. So religious nuts are way more annoying.

Answer 8

They have the right to say what they want unless your company has a policy against it which I doubt. As do you have the right not to listen, or ask them to not bother you with it. I'm surprised that you and the liberal aren't getting together and bashing God's witness. You sound as if you want a governmental sponsored law that these freedoms of speech at the work place be done away with.

Answer 9

they're each and each and continuously. The earth is flat, optimistically, the area you attempt to land a airplane. those that land in hills have extra advantageous matters even with in the event that they be attentive to astronomy. does now no longer elect a biology instructor to be attentive to plenty approximately Noah's animals, or ought to you? Believing smoking heals optimal cancers is now being taught at what faith? it is your social gathering of something comparable to a non secular concept? What if somebody (like Hitler) firmly believed in evolution and became a secure practices tension chief and killed 10 million human beings, ought to we discriminate against evolutionists being on ideal of problems with totalitarian states?

Answer 10

I know which is worse for you by the way you asked your question. Hope I don't see you in the news for going postal. Neither is acceptable at work but god save us from the christians is my feeling.