RE: Hanging out at a friends house last night.
November 22, 2018 at 9:33 am
(This post was last modified: November 22, 2018 at 9:39 am by Brian37.)
(November 22, 2018 at 9:29 am)tackattack Wrote: I'm curious... did they actually ask you to pray or did they say something like "let's bow our heads" or "let's pray"?
Why should I have to even bow my head? That is still their ritual, not mine.
If I had had the meal at my house instead, they still would have insisted on praying. I still would have let them, but how hard is it to not insist someone partake in that ritual when you know it is not their thing? No, I don't want to bow my head either. I don't want to hold hands. I wont stop others, just don't ask me to do it.
(November 22, 2018 at 9:29 am)anjele Wrote: Being asked to pray over a meal at someone’s house isn’t an order to pray...it’s an invitation to join in.
You can simply be quiet as they observe a custom in their house...their house.
It’s not worth getting worked up over. Pick your battles. If you don’t want to be invited to pray in their home, but know you will be asked, then you placed yourself in that situation.
My house, my rules. Someone else’s house, their rules.
No sorry, maybe that is how things go with your family and friends. But that is not how it works all the time with every family and friends.
They are well intended and liberals, but STILL got grabby with me briefly after I objected, trying to grab my hand. Just stop and let me stand there quietly which is ultimately what I did. But if you have known me for years, which they did, then they shouldn't even try to grab my hands, they knew long ago.
