Boss-led "fellowship" with prayer "...in Jesus Christ, our lord's name Amen"

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Not PP, but how is it hypocritical? She respects their right to believe. She doesn't have to respect the beliefs themselves. I also think most forms of religion are weird (to say the least) but I respect people's right to their beliefs.

Because this is a deliberate finger -- it's totally gratuitous, has nothing to do with the thread topic, but she knows christians are on DCUM, so she thought she'd give them the finger, just for fun.

I don't care what she says about christians, FWIW. But she's an immature jerk. Doesn't speak well of Wicca. I can't believe she's in HR.

It's not a finger for fun. It is attempting to get people who think Christian religion is the only "normal" one to THINK about how bizarre even some of your "maintream" beliefs might appear to someone who does not share your world view.

Agreed - why is it christians can't look beyond their little bubble world and see that not everything they think is "normal" is ok for atheists, jews, hindus, wiccans etc?
I would have serious issues about attending a prayer led brunch at work, just awful.

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Not PP, but how is it hypocritical? She respects their right to believe. She doesn't have to respect the beliefs themselves. I also think most forms of religion are weird (to say the least) but I respect people's right to their beliefs.

Because this is a deliberate finger -- it's totally gratuitous, has nothing to do with the thread topic, but she knows christians are on DCUM, so she thought she'd give them the finger, just for fun.

I don't care what she says about christians, FWIW. But she's an immature jerk. Doesn't speak well of Wicca. I can't believe she's in HR.

It's not a finger for fun. It is attempting to get people who think Christian religion is the only "normal" one to THINK about how bizarre even some of your "maintream" beliefs might appear to someone who does not share your world view.

Agreed - why is it christians can't look beyond their little bubble world and see that not everything they think is "normal" is ok for atheists, jews, hindus, wiccans etc?
I would have serious issues about attending a prayer led brunch at work, just awful.

Not PP, but would people be as accepting of a Black Wiccan, Hindu, or Jew as they are of a White person converting or choosing to join?

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Anonymous wrote:its not inappropriate, and don't make a big deal and ruin your work relationships for something so trivial. respect other peoples beliefs.

And why can't OP's beliefs be respected? She feels uncomfortable, but by missing these "brunches" could become excluded and marginalized.
Its a serious mess and basically damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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YES this is their cult BS , so its funny that by pointing to it in Wikipedia the overly tolerant PC people thought it was disrespectful because it could not possibly have anything to do with the goat head when in fact IT DOES.

You are a complete jerk - which "BS cult" do you belong to? Christianity maybe?

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YES this is their cult BS , so its funny that by pointing to it in Wikipedia the overly tolerant PC people thought it was disrespectful because it could not possibly have anything to do with the goat head when in fact IT DOES.

You are a complete jerk - which "BS cult" do you belong to? Christianity maybe?

It's pretty hard to feel sorry for the Wiccan because she beat you to it in insulting another religion.

Excellent pic, thanks!

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Since some of you apparently missed it, here's what the Wiccan said a few pages ago:

"To me being asked to participate in a Christian prayer is just as weird, with (some sects) mock eating of blood and flesh and a tortured man on a stake held out for worship, even before your youngest children. To my mind, sick and twisted. No Wiccan I know is into that weird shit."

Yeah, it's the finger, and it was totally gratuitous and unrelated to OP's concern. Just a troll, and she deserves whatever she's getting here.

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Wicca is a cult http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cult with goat

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Did they serve goat is that why shes mad

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Out of curiosity, how many people who think this is ok are Christian of some variety? I wonder if non-Christians overall have a stronger reaction against it? I think it is wildly inappropriate even if it doesn't rise to a legal violation. I am Jewish. And if it were me, I would say something to the supervisor, along the lines of "this makes me uncomfortable and I would rather opt out." But then I grew up attending a Christian school so I have had a lot of practice politely declining to participate in these sorts of things.

FWIW, I also hate when people sign their emails with religious messages ... but I'd never say anything about those because they don't directly impact me. A compelled or quasi-compelled religious work meeting crosses that line.

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I'm a Christian who has said it's inappropriate here several times. However I've also posted that OP has to work with these people for the other 29 days of the month, so that talking to her boss rather than going straight to the ethics officer might serve her better.