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when does pride take place over humility?

AND YET ANOTHER RELIGIOUS DEBATE...
is it alright to proselytize at work?
should you be allowed to refuse to work with someone because you disagree with there religious/spiritual choices?
when does a relgious discussion cross the line of information exchange to personal attack? -and-
when does your responsibility to "save" someone take precedence over their privacy and religious/spiritual choice?
  • are you just being uppity or would you like me to punch you?
    i consider myself to be paegan. i was raised to be christian but I CHOSE to be paegan (i admit, that's pride speaking right there.)i generally don't like to share my beliefs in the workplace. i didn't it mind before, but now that i am paegan too many view it as an opportunity to tell me how wrong and evil i am. their arguments are sometimes ignorant, usually just foolish, but always hurtful. sometimes i think it would be nice to seperate myself from these self-righteous pricks (ohhhhh, i just couldn't help myself there) and work somewhere else but i can't stand the thought that i would be letting them win somehow. (plus i'm military, so i don't have much choice anyway.) whichever way i look at it relgion in the workplace (unless, i suppose, you work for a church) is counterproductive.
    i do happen to love theology and will ask questions about a persons beliefs if they are willing; if they ask, i will share my beliefs as well. however, this discussion jumps over the line into attack when one or both of us begin to accuse the other of being evil, inferior, or simply wrong. i hate when other people relentlessly try to "save" you. i take comfort in the choices i've made; as some of these are private i don't feel i have to divulge them in order for that person to back off. a "no thanks, i'm happy with my beliefs the way they are" should suffice and the matter should be dropped. i am responsible for my spiritual wellbeing; i don't need a missionary to kick, drag, pull, and push me onto a path THEY feel is appropriate. religion is a means for a person to better themself and should be treated as such; when we attack another's faith, we attack their wellbeing.
    42%  Voted for by sekmhet eye of ra, Kazrith, bob2314.
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  • this little light of mine I'm a gonna let it shine!
    if in your opinion i am going to hell than by all means tell me. ONCE!!!! also if you see me about to walk off a loading dock, walk in to a pole, slip on some oil or in any other way do my self great bodily harm please WARN me.
    if i then choose to walk off that loading dock or reject your version of the bible that is my choice.
    if you then badger me or call me pretty nick names like f--, abomination or mutter about casting purls before swine you have stopped doing God's business and have started being prideful. after all how could i have possibly have rejected you?! oh by the way that also goes for trying to pass laws to force me to conform.
    28%  Voted for by bob2314, PerpetualNight.
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  • Wow! good question
    My take on it is this:

    You have the right to discuss your religious views with whomever you will, at work, school, or anywhere you want. However, if they say they do not want to hear it, then you should back off, or at least change the subject. If you make religion a condition of employment, however, that's discrimination, and it's wrong.

    I think it's wrong to refuse to work with somebody just because of their religion. He or she is still a human being, and is still entitled to make a living, same as you.

    I think you can hold a religious debate with someone without getting nasty about it. I don't agree with a lot of people on religious matters, but I'm not the final authority, either. God is. all I can do is stick to the best of my understanding. For example, I think homosexuality is wrong, because the bible says it is. Am i going to advocate killing gays, and show up at their funerals with picket signs, like Fred Phelps? NO! because that's just being an a$$hole! What I am going to do is abstain from such behavior, and tell people why I do.

    Faith cannot be forced. all you can do is tell people, it's up to them to receive the message. if they don't want it, there is nothing you can do to change that. if you try and force someone to convert, all they will end up doing is paying lip-service to your church, and practicing what they truly believe in secret, and all you have accomplished is to make both yourself and your proselyte hypocrites.
    28%  Voted for by NeferMaatNetjer, bob2314.
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