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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm opposed to this type of thing. I was at a seminar for work, and at the lunch, someone gave a benediction thanking Jesus for the food. We were asked to bow our heads at the start of his little spiel, and when he got to the Jesus Christ part, I felt manipulated into participating in a Christian prayer that is antithetical to my beliefs. [/quote]

I would have walked over and refilled my coffee cup and checked my phone until they were done. 
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And you would have looked exceptionally rude, immature and unprofessional to everyone in attendance, including all the grown up atheists, agnostics and people of non Christian religions.[/quote]

No more unprofessional than someone shoving religion down your throat AT WORK. [/quote]
Yes. I wonder if these posters who are saying that Jews and Muslims should be just fine being asked to bow their heads in prayer, only to learn that they have been asked to thank Jesus - at a WORK function - are Christian.

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What about if a prayer was offered to the “Goddess Lakshmi, Mother of us All”?  What if you only believe in one God, no Goddesses, and certainly don’t think Lakshmi is your mother in any way. Would you wonder why they were doing this in a secular setting?  [/quote]

I actually went to an event that included a buddhist monk leading the prayer.

I sat respectfully and prayed a rosary in my mind. [/quote]

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