s/o religions

[Deleted]

Most of the people that I know/hang out with aren't religious, but the few that are it just comes up in conversation. Like when they say, oh can we get together after church? Or I attended their wedding at their [insert type of religion here] church.

As for H's parents and sisters who are mormon, it's pretty easy to guess. They don't drink, his 2 sisters who are still mormon each have 5 kids and they talk about going to the temple sometimes too.

[georgeharrison]

Christianity is a huge part of my life, so it comes up when I'm getting to know someone. If they are religious, they will usually mention it. I have had non-religious friends ask me about my religion, the Bible, what our church is like, etc. occasionally. I don't have many "acquaintances" so I know all my friends pretty well.

[madDawg228]

Most of my friends don't attend church. Those who do are either Catholic or Lutheran, they talk about church activities in conversation sometimes. I don't really talk to my neighbors in the apartment complex, but some of them are Muslim. I know that because some of the women wear the veil, and we were invited to an end-of-Ramadan dinner once.

[mkate710]

Usually it doesn't come up right away when I'm getting to know someone, but generally it just depends on how open people are about their lives.

Work is a funny place in that regard though. Those of us who aren't religious or are but not overly devout/extreme about it talk pretty openly. But coworker A told me one time that she offended coworker B by wearing a cross necklace. CW A is eastern orthodox, it's just part of her ethnic culture, and they wear crosses. We weren't really sure why CW B would make a stink about it. But then later, CW B made some comment about how she doesn't do blood transfusions. She also refused to go to the holiday open house at work last year because she doesn't celebrate holidays. We deduced from that that CW B is a Jehovah's witness. One of my close friends converted to JW last year so I'm fairly familiar with their beliefs and practices.

In general though, I'll let it come up but I never push the topic, especially at work.

[picksthemusic]

I know that most of the people around me either aren't religious at ALL, or are at least outwardly faithful in some form of religion/belief system. It usually comes up only when we get on a topic of some religion or someone in the news in a certain religion, or something like that.

[jennlin]

i'm nosey. i don't right-out ask everyone..but if i ask about their weekend, etc...and if the mention they did XX, i'll ask if that was with church, etc...

[Deleted]

Most of my friends don't attend church. I have a couple that do but they are very open about their religious affiliation and make it known to everyone.

[Deleted]

The majority of our friends are not religious, many are agnostic or a variation of pagan, or are spiritualists. Often it comes out because I'm crazy open about most everything and my dad was a minister until he retired, so if somehow that comes up, it leads to a discussion of religion.

At work, mostly if someone mentions going to church, I'll ask what church they go to. Except, and this is HORRIBLE but so weirdly TRUE, the coworker who is Jewish is so painfully, stereotypically Jewish that it took me a few years to believe it. He's not orthodox, but is Kosher/pretty devout about the Sabbath. I learned his pretty quick based on his Kosher food and the fact that his work schedule means he goes home at noon on Fridays for the Sabbath, but he makes up the hours by coming in on Sundays.