<p>Today I had a customer say to me after I finished checking her out "Remember Jesus loves you". It caught me off guard, I was stunned and then just said "Yea, okay, thanks". I'm atheist but that's not the point. What I really wanted to say was how dare she make that assumption about me. But of course be nice to the customer =)
How do you guys respond to assumed Christianity (using christianity because its what I experience most and is the majority). Do you respond? How? Do you ignore? Do you even care?</p>
<p>i don’t think that’s ever happened to me. This area’s too liberal for people to say that unless they’re either hardcore christians or a little wacky…</p>
<p>and nah I don’t really care. That’s the kind of interpretation of religion I don’t mind… everybody loving each other and whatnot. It’s the “my beliefs are the only true beliefs, and all who disagree will burn for eternity” type that ****es me off.</p>
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You’re making just as much of an assumption of her – you’re assuming that she assumed that you are Christian.</p>
<p>I have had that same experience before! But it was from an emo kid who had a hard time getting his wallet out of his tight pants.</p>
<p>I am also an atheist, but of course I don’t tell them that!</p>
<p>I guess it’s rude to assume that everyone’s a Christian, but it doesn’t really bother me that people tell me that. “Jesus” can love me, even if he doesn’t exist.</p>
<p>Same thing as “bless you”, you say “thanks”. Chill out.</p>
<p>It maaaay be a bit much to be offended but I must admit I’d be uncomfortable in that situation. Moreso if they commented on my sexuality with a “He loves you even though you’re an abomination” type thing, I think I’d be fired for clocking someone out.</p>
<p>She’s not making an assumption of you. She believes in Jesus. She thinks Jesus loves you. What’s there to be offended about? </p>
<p>I’m an atheist. As a cashier in a grocery story, I got that stuff all the time, from pamphlets and stickers, free little Bibles (hey, they’re cool), and them just saying “God loves you.” One person even wrote my name down on a card with a message “Relax. God’s taking care of things today.” And you know what? It was nice. It didn’t take much thought on their part, but it did brighten our day a bit.</p>
<p>If you get offended by such things, you need a chill pill. They’re trying to spread what makes them happy, and they’re doing it in a pretty non-aggressive and non-insulting way (when they sling out things like the guy above posted, that’s a different situation). Unless they shove a Bible down your throat and drag you to church, you really have no reason to be so uptight about it. </p>
<p>So no, I don’t care. I smile and say thank you as kindly as possible.</p>
<p>^Yeah… that being said, during the holidays the ones who do the aggressive “MERRY CHRISTMAS RAAAAAWWRRRR” thing annoy me too. But yeah, don’t be offended unless they start getting psycho on you ^^</p>
<p>Yeah, it can get annoying, but I usually just ignore it. They mean well, and it’d make no sense for me to rant about something trivial like that.</p>
<p>Just smile and nod and move on.</p>
<p>I would not have assumed that she mistook you for a Christian, but rather guessed that she didn’t care if you were a Christian or not.</p>
<p>I had a coworker once that would always do things like that to customers and she got in trouble for it a lot. As a Christian, I think that’s a weird thing to just say to people. I have a hard time not taking it as being pushy.</p>
<p>It’s awkward when people say that to me. As an agnostic, I just smile and say, “Okay.”</p>
<p>It’s nothing to bit someone’s head off over. They’re wishing you well and trying to brighten up your day. Yeah, it’s a little foolish to believe everyone’s Christian. To respond to such a kind comment with a mean remark would be rude though.</p>
<p>Reminds me of a person who always ends youtube videos with “god bless”.</p>
<p>I’m atheist, and I do not care one bit. The biggest problem I see is a care towards religion. The biggest irony I see among atheists is an intolerance for others own beliefs. So why care about what they have to say? As an atheist why should the word “god” have an effect when the context is really the most important part?</p>
<p>People occasionally say similar things to me, more often when I’m at my school in the South. While I am an atheist, I won’t get offended unless they started getting really preachy. There’s a big difference between saying “have a blessed day” and a person who launches a loud tirade about how certain groups will suffer eternal damnation. Consider yourself lucky that you have a friendly customer who cares enough to wish you good will.</p>
<p>Try to accept something as it was intended, not based on whatever your prejudices are. When I started doing that, I noticed that I got along with people better and was less stressed out.</p>
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<p>Pretty much. She was just being nice.</p>
<p>People assume that I am Christian because I’m black (by other black people!). It annoys me. We have so many people on my campus promoting Christianity and stuff. I just shrug it off. I am more of a spiritual agnostic than anything else.</p>
<p>I agree. There was no assumptions made. She believes she is right and simply does not care that you reject the savior of mankind. But that’s something else.</p>
<p>I’ve only lived in really, really liberal areas, so I’ve never assumed anyone is Christian. But it has been odd meeting Christians of different denominations, something to which I’ve never really been exposed. </p>
<p>What is irritating to me is when people say, “Oh. You believe X? I thought you were [denomination].” Uh… Clearly you know nothing about Christianity, so it would be easier if you didn’t pretend that you did.</p>
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Not necessarily. She might care a great deal, even if she says “Jesus loves you” to someone whose religion is unknown.</p>
<p>Punkchique, I’ll be the first one to say I’d be equally as annoyed as you. That’s just how I am. :)</p>