Been there done that. Oh, and welcome aboard!
Seriously, that is a conversation that I've had with a number of Christians, just not an employer, at least not yet. The funny thing is that they are just as bothered if we do pray. You see, we used rather generic prayers at bedtime when the girls were young as a useful ritual in getting them to go to bed, with the the added advantage that in wishing a long list of far flung relatives well, they also remembered the relatives. We still say a formulaic prayer at dinner. It means, now is the time for family and table manners. Christians often find these prayers to no one with no belief behind them blasphemous. So you really can't win.
As an aside, both sets of grandparents are quite religious and have sent everything from Vegi Tales, to children's Bibles over the years. We have let the kids watch and then discussed them causally. What we have are teenage atheists who can hold their own when discussing religion.
Seriously, that is a conversation that I've had with a number of Christians, just not an employer, at least not yet. The funny thing is that they are just as bothered if we do pray. You see, we used rather generic prayers at bedtime when the girls were young as a useful ritual in getting them to go to bed, with the the added advantage that in wishing a long list of far flung relatives well, they also remembered the relatives. We still say a formulaic prayer at dinner. It means, now is the time for family and table manners. Christians often find these prayers to no one with no belief behind them blasphemous. So you really can't win.
As an aside, both sets of grandparents are quite religious and have sent everything from Vegi Tales, to children's Bibles over the years. We have let the kids watch and then discussed them causally. What we have are teenage atheists who can hold their own when discussing religion.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
