Is there any shame in being Adventist?
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Anonymous
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A work friend of mine is a vegetarian, and went to a private boarding school. Her mother speaks Spanish fluently and is from a non Hispanic background.
She explained that she is vegetarian by choice, and the boarding school (unnamed)was just something her parents wanted for them, and her mother just happened to live in Cuba for a bit. She is very Scandinavian looking, so is her husband. She really tries to fit in at work, nice girl. But something about the history did not make sense, but I thought nothing of it. Then roll forward a few years and I coincidentally met her father. Well her father was loud, proud, and spoke a lot about the family faith. They are Adventist, and really into it. Her grandparents were missionaries in Cuba (I think), that explains the mother's command of Spanish. The boarding school was a religious one, and the vegetarian diet is guided by religion. Heck, I really think this women is ashamed of her religion, or is not sure how it would go over in the mainstream. Something I never gave much thought to before meeting her father. |
Anonymous
| Well, stick around this board for a while and you'll see a lot of overt hostility to religion of any kind. I have a friend who said he recently came "out" to his coworkers ... as a church-going Presbyterian. In no way am I arguing that Presbyterians or other faiths are persecuted on a wider cultural basis, or on average -- before some 10-year-old inevitably posts that childish pie chart one more time. I'm just saying that certain, particular work environments can be antagonistic to some or all religions. |
Anonymous
| Religion is something that some people just don't talk about publicly, along with money and politics. Who knows- maybe she's embarrassed, or she thinks it would make others uncomfortable to discuss it. |
Anonymous
| She's probably had people react negatively. Most people do t know much about 7th Day Adventists, and may consider them fringe-y |
Anonymous
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There are a lot of Seventh Day Adventists around here. I've never thought anything of it.
People who talk about religion openly at work, social settings, etc. are weird to me, regardless of background. Same for atheists. I just don't think religion should be a topic of conversation unless you are among very close friends or family. So just because someone doesn't talk about their faith at work don't mean they are ashamed. I think it just means they fit in with what's socially acceptable around here. |
Anonymous
| 7th day Adventists believe the end is coming soon, but haven't set a date -- surely a good topic to avoid at work. |
Anonymous
| Why would you or any o bee ashamed of their religious tradition? |
Anonymous
| I don't talk much about my religious tradition in my family b/c it's Mennonite and people don't know what the hell that is and they stare at me like I am an alien. |
Anonymous
| Are those the ones who hate Halloween??? |
Anonymous
All deeply religious people hate Halloween. |
Anonymous
Without understanding the first thing about it. |
Anonymous
| 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. |
Anonymous
| Unitarians are the real joke |
Anonymous
These are both incredibly ignorant statements. If you think these are hilarious, then you don't realize how stupid you sound. |
Anonymous
Not true. |