Is there any shame in being Adventist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a Christian who works in a very liberal work environment, I would never, ever disclose my faith. I am not ashamed of it but I hear the intolerance and the hatred in comments and jokes every day and I have no desire to engage in the defense of my faith in the workplace. It would also be the death knell pretty much in terms of how others perceived me given their perception of Christians. As inaccurate as their perception is, I don't feel it is my responsibility to jeopardize my job to change it.

Really? You think you could lose your job for being a Christian? Against the law, I think.

Stop with the percution complex.

[Anonymous]

I am not religious. Since last year the administration changed. and our current (principal, a.p., specialists, TA's) are all Adventists.
Nothing is straight forward any more. Everything is implied. I was first trying to read between the lines to figure what exactly was I being told, but after finding out time after time again that I was being misinformed, I came to believe I was being set up for failure.
One of my protestent coworker told me that many other Christians consider Adventists to be a cult who do not accept people from the Middle East unless they are from Israel.
If this is the case, I would like to know why this is so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a Christian who works in a very liberal work environment, I would never, ever disclose my faith. I am not ashamed of it but I hear the intolerance and the hatred in comments and jokes every day and I have no desire to engage in the defense of my faith in the workplace. It would also be the death knell pretty much in terms of how others perceived me given their perception of Christians. As inaccurate as their perception is, I don't feel it is my responsibility to jeopardize my job to change it.

Ditto. I have worked in the same place for 23+ . No one there knows that I was raised as a JW, no one.

[Anonymous]

I'm a seventh day Adventist. i don't eat pork, or drink alcohol and the sabbath is on Saturday. I believe the whole bible not just certain parts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a Christian who works in a very liberal work environment, I would never, ever disclose my faith. I am not ashamed of it but I hear the intolerance and the hatred in comments and jokes every day and I have no desire to engage in the defense of my faith in the workplace. It would also be the death knell pretty much in terms of how others perceived me given their perception of Christians. As inaccurate as their perception is, I don't feel it is my responsibility to jeopardize my job to change it.

Ditto. I have worked in the same place for 23+ . No one there knows that I was raised as a JW, no one.

Ditto again. (Ditto ditto. Or something) This was my experience in my office, also a very liberal office, for 5-6 years. In the past few years, though, a few Catholics have joined the staff. I'm not Catholic myself, but finally I can talk about my Christian religion with these people, at least! It's a pleasure.

Of course I don't feel "persecuted" in the bigger scheme of things. But if the question is, is their any shame/reticence in the office, then the answer is "yes" for me, too.

[Anonymous]

^^ there, not their, obviously.