(September 18, 2015 at 6:22 pm)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: Even the ones that appear nice and friendly, the moment they find out that you’re an atheist, their whole expression changes, and you can tell that they want nothing to do with you.
This has actually happened to me at work, and I hadn't shared my lack of belief with anyone. I'm not interested in my co-workers religious beliefs and I don't care for them to know the details of my personal life. Apparently my lack of participation in the Jesus-jabber at work, caused a mildly astute co-worker(bitch) to ask me if I was "religious" out of nowhere. With a smug, shit-eating smirk plastered on her face.
She was clearly attempting to to rattle me and cause embarrassment. Unfortunately for her, she was new and didn't know me. Suffice it say, by the end of this discussion she knew she'd fucked up and was swearing that she was just asking because she "exploring religion" and wanted some insight, and even went so far as to say that she was interested in atheism(lie).
I gently informed her that spiritual matters are best explored outside of the workplace, so we wouldn't be discussing my lack of belief any further...smug bitch-face included(mine). Since then, most of my religious co-workers essentially treat me the same as before, or at least do to my my face.
There is one co-worker who just stopped speaking to me completely, unless she is absolutely forced to. Then she responds with as few syllables as possible. Little does she know...I'm actually loving it.
