RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 9:43 am
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2015 at 9:50 am by Mermaid.)
(October 17, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Outside of this forum, I don't tend to discuss religious matters much. People generally figure out my stance through subtext. When asked directly, I simply tell the truth. It's worked out fine, at least up until a few days ago when my family finally figured things out and asked me point-blank.
Suffice it to say, things did not go well. Not at all.
I'm sorry, that has to be really hard.
(October 18, 2015 at 4:10 am)Beccs Wrote: I don't hide that I'm an atheist.
You're a physician, correct? Do your patients ever ask you about religion?
(October 18, 2015 at 4:15 am)Cephus Wrote: I don't lie to anyone about anything, ever. I don't care who knows or who likes it and anyone who tried to fire me for it would wind up in court.
I would like to say the same thing, but it can get more subtle than that. My management would find other reasons, they do waves of layoffs not all that uncommonly. It would not take much to get me on that list.
This is interesting, and something I didn't think about when I started this thread: This probably varies a lot by geographical region. I live in the midwestern US as a transplant, where most people identify as Christian, and there are cultish churches all over. When asked point blank, (which fortunately does not happen commonly), I tell people I grew up with the Episcopal church (this is true), or am "unaffiliated". I think my coworkers currently think I am Jewish, so I let them believe that.
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