(July 18, 2019 at 3:27 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(July 16, 2019 at 5:17 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: When someone asks "What church do you attend?" it's uncomfortable in a lot of places not to have an answer.
I was never asked that in all my 38 years of living. But then, I am not in the US. That might explain something. In my village, everyone knows me as atheist, never bothered me a bit as people that go to church just go there and don't bother those that do not go to church with questions,
It's a cultural thing here to respect beliefs and disbeliefs alike and I am fine with that. The JW's and the rare mormon are nothing but a nuissance as most people just hear them out from politeness. I miss my old dog, He was quite effective.
It is a US thing I am sure. More specifically a southern US thing. When my son was young and playing sports I was often asked. Since I was not from the area and my lineage unknown to people it was often the first thing asked after I was introduced to someone new. Who is your church family? What church do you attend? It happened so often that I expected it. Sometimes it was second if they wanted to know which ball player was my son. The conversation (or interrogation, as it were) often included an invitation to attend their church. So it was first fact-finding then recruiting.
My standard answer was that I was raised Catholic which tended to make them leave me alone because all of them 'knew' Catholics are really Satan worshippers.
