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[quote=Anonymous]I'm Jewish, and my best friend in high school was Southern Baptist. I went to church with her one day, and felt pretty comfortable there; I prayed silently in my own way, and went along with standing, sitting, etc when appropriate. After church, we went to Bible study, because she wanted me to meet a boy she was thinking about asking to our school's homecoming. Before we went in, she warned me, "hey, [boy's name] likes to make Jew jokes, so if he says anything, just don't say you're Jewish, okay?" Those were some true colors.

DH (an atheist) and I went to a wedding of one of his friends from work. It was a slightly Christian service, no big, but when we got to the homily, the minister said, "A & B chose this passage because it sounds like it's about people's love for each other. But really, it's about Jesus. Jesus is the tree to whom all righteous people cling. If you don't cling to his branches, you fall to hell." AT A WEDDING! We looked up and down our row at all of the Jews and atheists, and felt so embarrassed!

I grew up going to lots of different kinds of services; my temple even took us to different places of worship in 7th grade so we'd know what else was out there before committing to our bar & bat mitzvot. I never felt less welcome or more offended than I did in those two circumstances. [/quote]

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