tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730010905668737133.post6546922648348293085..comments2008-07-08T08:46:38.845-05:00vjackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868095335395368227noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730010905668737133.post-14128677256552991282008-07-08T08:46:00.000-05:002008-07-08T08:46:00.000-05:00Whilst I sympathize... imagine what is like to be "outed" as gay or lesbian?<BR/><BR/>When you've had dog shit put in your locker, people have pissed in your trash, you've started a new job to find that nobody will speak to you and that you're fired the next day without explanation, you get set on in the car park....<BR/><BR/>Come on! Butch up a bit!busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16392691495758146510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730010905668737133.post-46447791560597145392008-03-23T07:21:00.000-05:002008-03-23T07:21:00.000-05:00damestrato raises an interesting point about the timing with which this sort of thing is brought up. Related to that, I feel like those who know I am an atheist tend to have a very short memory. It is almost as if they expect I might be an atheist one week but not the next. If I didn't want to attend church with you last week because I don't believe in your god and find it a thorough waste of time, why would I want to go this week?vjackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868095335395368227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730010905668737133.post-83929644178118199022008-03-22T22:28:00.000-05:002008-03-22T22:28:00.000-05:00A few people know about my atheism, and they pick the best time to bring it up; in front of a crowd of believers! I guess that a one on one conversation doesn't interest them? There are certain functions that i don't attend, because i fear the ambush, the intervention:>damestratohttp://openid.aol.com/damestratonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730010905668737133.post-71498867473646726592008-03-22T20:37:00.000-05:002008-03-22T20:37:00.000-05:00it may be different ov er here I think but my co-workers have always known- but it isn't as if I walk around saying i'm an atheist- its only if it comes up in conversation or if someone says something I find offensive - ie too religious or an assumption of beliefs- then I will make a stand. In the UK it just doesn't really come up as it has absolutley nothing to do with work.<BR/>although I work in the public sector so I have no idea what it is like in a company- my husband- also an atheist says it never comes up as religion is thought to interfere with work and if someone was always spouting about it- they would probabaly be told not to - it definitely would not have an impact on appraisals or promotion herePsychodivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915834209325453776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730010905668737133.post-56726350430962510722008-03-22T19:42:00.000-05:002008-03-22T19:42:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting this, Agnosticat. I'm interested to know if others are "out" to their co-workers and how they have been received since. <BR/><BR/>My co-workers know that I do not go to church or celebrate any religious holidays, but I have not used the dreaded "a word" just yet because I haven't been asked directly.vjackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868095335395368227noreply@blogger.com