Hey there!

I had several discussions about the existence or non-existence of gods and other supernatural beings on this website and on other websites as well and I always enjoyed those discussion, I like the topic.

I myself do not believe in all those claims and therefor am not a member of any religion. This topic here however is not opened to discuss that. I know most people believe in gods or at least one god and thats fine.

I made this topic because of an incident at work. I work for a company for 25 years now and we got a new boss this year. The guy came into my office today and asked me why there was an empty box were my religion should be written down in my personal data files.

I said, that I am not part of any religion and his face went numb.
Thats crazy! he says. Why is that?
I said, I dont believe in any religion and thats it.

Dude went out of my office and I got an e-mail from him 30 minutes ago. He kind of politely asked me to do a test in a few days. He is openly concerned about my moral capabilities and wants to make sure I dont do anything in the future that could harm the company.

Can you believe it?
I am in a high position in this company for 25 years and have no issue with anyone at all and this dude questions it all because I am not religious.

Not sure what I should do now. I guess, instead of doing that test, I'll write an open letter to all my colleagues. We are almost all friends, like and trust each other and certainly stand up for each other. What would you guys do?

wat

true story

Having no religion is ok. What your boss did was out of line and considered harassment or at least discrimination.

You should write the test, do whatever he says. Communicate with your peers about the new weird religious guy.

Also I am a Christian and I think while it's ok to have no religion at work, I am concerned about you as a human. It's dark times coming and I wish for you to be able to pray to the real living god. If you wish to have a name to pray by, try Jesus Christ he will deliver in life or death situations. Cant breathe? Can't live? Try Jesus.

Thx for you concerns. However, I dont wish a name to pray by. Still, appreciate it.

Also thx for your opinion about the topic. Good advice.

This post was edited by Saurod on Apr 10 2025 05:25am

Most places have a no discussion of religion/politics policy so I'd check in on that
Id personally tell him is none of his business what you believe in and it has nothing to do with the job
If he trys to can you for being non religious that's discrimination and you get a fat check
This assumes your USa,nvm your EU so I don't know laws over there but I'd still tell him to back off

This post was edited by NerdLord on Apr 10 2025 05:45am

I am from central europe, but what he did is just as fishy here. I dont want money from him or anything, but I dont wanna play by his weird rules either.

Here in America it would be a contact HR or a lawyer but idk about European workplace rules.

Pray to almighty Joe

Weirdge