Reply to Praying in someone else's home

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Praying in someone else's home"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just because your guests/ILs say grace before they eat, doesn't mean you have to. You can keep your head up and remain silent = totally respectful and accommodating but also role models to your children that *you* don't say grace and they don't have to either. I don't see how you can host some one and not let them say grace - they're not allowed to eat otherwise. What kind of hospitality would that role model?[/quote]

What religion prohibits its adherents from eating if they don't first pray out loud and obtrusively?  I don't know of any religion that won't accept silent internal prayer as a substitute.  What am I missing?[/quote]

I hadn't read the full 6 pages where OP clarified that it's the out loud part she objects to. I get that to some extent. If I felt uncomfortable, I might clasp my hands or sit on them before grace started so they couldn't be grabbed, but I can't imagine telling a guest "please don't pray out loud." What kind of hospitality is that? I mean, what if MIL wants to say prayers before bed? I am going to tell her she can only do that in the bathroom so that my kid doesn't witness it?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics