Bow your heads please?

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death_by_rage
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Bow your heads please?

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With all the holiday parties and gatherings I've attended this year this issue has raised more than once. A few of the gatherings I've attended, the group will take place in a prayer before the meal. I don't bow my head with the rest of the group, but just wait quietly with my head up and eyes open as normal. I have been told more than once that I am being very disrespectful to those who believe by not bowing my head. Me personally don't care if it's disrespectful to others or not because it doesn't effect me, other than the awkward conversation that follows and sometimes have to explain myself and then being semi shunned from certain people.

I was just curious if anyone else has this dilemma and what they do when they are in this situation.?
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I guess I would like to know if ppl bow their heads to a God they don't believe in to avoid confrontation.
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You have 2 options

1. Bow you head and make it look like you give a shit about there beliefs while inside not giving a shit. This option is the most logical because that way you keep them on your side and blend in with the Tribe and increase your influence and chances of reproduction.

2. Explain to them in Detail why you do not bow and this can lead to Two options. They will either understand your decision. or they will get "Offended" and hold a negative attitude towards you that will most likely affect your future experiences with the person and lead to distrust, lower influence and lower your chances of Reproduction.

My Opinion: I would personally Not give a Fuck what others think because religion is losing its grip on the world and in a few Generations it will be a minority (Except if the Muslims out breed us and impose there Sharia Law where Gays/Apostates/Disbelievers will be killed thus lowering the chance or reproduction) and then in the future you will have the right to say "I told you so". But if you strongly care about others oppinions because you need to hold on to your influence in the Tribe and want to fit in and increase your chances of Reproduction then i would just go along with there stuff and not waste time arguing with stupid people.
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I just go along with what everyone else is doing because i need to make myself look like one of them because i cant have people doubt me or else i cant manipulate them and plant my seeds for there eventual downfall #HouseOfCards
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*And i want to increase my chances of reproduction
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The Turbanator wrote:You have 2 options

1. Bow you head and make it look like you give a shit about there beliefs while inside not giving a shit. This option is the most logical because that way you keep them on your side and blend in with the Tribe and increase your influence and chances of reproduction.

2. Explain to them in Detail why you do not bow and this can lead to Two options. They will either understand your decision. or they will get "Offended" and hold a negative attitude towards you that will most likely affect your future experiences with the person and lead to distrust, lower influence and lower your chances of Reproduction.
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It's not disrespectful to not bow your head to their invisible sky god. You're just not partaking in something because you don't believe in it. Not partaking in something isn't disrespecting those who do.
But it is disrespectful for them to try to force you to participate in their religious activities against your will, because they're forcing their beliefs on you.
"I am not a Marxist." -Karl Marx
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the other option is to just start eating while they pray, especially if you are hungry.
it is not disrespectful if you just start grabbing the best pieces of whatever (meat i suppose for you?).
they can still pray and you can satisfy your hunger.
you respect their prayers and they respect your hunger.
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death_by_rage wrote: Me personally don't care if it's disrespectful to others or not because it doesn't effect me, other than the awkward conversation that follows and sometimes have to explain myself and then being semi shunned from certain people.

I was just curious if anyone else has this dilemma and what they do when they are in this situation.?
A good solution i found is to ask these people if they think their god is an idiot, of course they wil answer they don't. Then you can tell them that they are being disrespectfull to their own god by asking someone to fake the rituals to honor him.
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