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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Which part of "why did her mother send her over there for three days in the first place" is such an alien language to such militant anti-religious people?[/quote]

This is hysterical.

Having someone's kid in your house [u]does not give you the right to force your religion on them[/u], period. A mom should be able to trust a family friend to watch her kid for a few days [u]without having to explicitly say, "Don't try to force your religion on my kid, please.[/u] These are [u]basic rules[/u] of polite society, like keeping a roll of toilet paper in the bathroom, or washing your hands before a meal, or remembering to do your laundry.

If you are a Christian family who is doing a favor by hosting a non-Christian kid, and if the kid looks like he's able to be at home alone for 2 hours a day (like the PP, a teenager, was clearly capable of) then give him a cheery good morning on Sunday, show him where the cereal is, tell him not to open the door for strangers, and whisk your Christian family off to church. Your guest can stay at home.

[u]Because that is a basic expectation of polite, secular society.[/u] You're welcome.[/quote]

Tagging along to church twice is not forcing religion on them, lol. I'm not even religious. [/quote]

+1. The level of hysteria here from people who were taken outside their normal routines is, well, sort of hysterical. Especially the nurse who chose to work for a religious hospital and is surprised about the prayer.

Some of these stories are shocking. I agree completely.

But some of you are big babies playing victim. Grow up, you people. It's a big world out there, and you can't expect everybody to be just like you.[/quote]

Taking a teenager you are watching for a few days to church with you is one thing. Making teenager actively participate In and talk about what they learned in a bible study that contradicts their own beliefs is clearly another. Then after OP said to said family that she was uncomfortable they took her again. I think you are thinking about this from an adult perspective. As an adult if I feel uncomfortable in a situation like that I can simply leave without any real problems. In this particular situation I can see how that would be difficult for the OP-because causing too much problem would have more than likely made the subsequent time with the family extremely awkward. Someone mentioned waiting outside. Well let's talk about that. What if the family got offended and acted rudely to her for the rest of the time? Maybe you should remember what it's like to be a teenager and look at the situation through those eyes. How is it ok that the host family gets to push all their beliefs on the OP but then when she stated she was uncomfortable her beliefs don't matter just because she is staying with them? No, everyone doesn't have the same beliefs-true and both parties should have been respected.[/quote]

I still say this is all OP's mother's fault, and the blame lies there. She didn't mind asking these people to watch the daughter for a few days while she went out of town. If OP was going to be so traumatized by being asked to participate in another family's rituals and family discussion about it, then she shouldn't have been there in the first place.[/quote]

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