When God goes to the office (Lifewire/CNN)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Maya Dollarhide

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Fifty percent of those questioned in a 2002 Gallup poll said religious expression should be tolerated in the work place while another 28 percent thought it should be encouraged. That's compared to 21percent who didn't see a place for religious expression on the job.
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David Silverman, 41, of Cranbury, New Jersey, doesn't mind a cross. But spare him the sermon. "In my last job, people held prayer sessions during office hours," he says. "I had secretaries tell me to accept Jesus."

Frustrated that managers looked the other way, he started an atheist and agnostic group at work. Eventually, he quit.

It is not just the anti-religious, agnostics or atheists who want to keep religion out of the office. Greg Willits, 37, of Conyers, Georgia, works for a Catholic nonprofit. How does he feel about religion at work?

"Ironically, I think it is better to leave it out of the workplace, if it is a non-faith-based job," says Willits. "I think religion is a very personal and emotional thing for many people. Bringing religion into the workplace can cause trouble."
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/03/10/religion.at.the.office/index.html

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I'd feel weird if there were prayer sessions or religious icons

at my workplace. One's faith is private. I'm afraid if I found a Christian prayer group I'd either speak the smattering of Aramaic I know (like "Did you know that the Aramaic word for 'God' is 'Alaha'?") or start singing a Hindu kirton (probably one to the Lord Shiva, who dances upon the dwarf of ignorance). I like broadening people's outlooks. :D

[Gman]

2. The best way to stop it is

start an Islamic group.