If you invite a guest over to your home for dinner, and as you bow to say grace, as you always do before a meal, you notice your guest not doing so. Are you offended?
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Penny The Wise
ANSWERS: 8
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not really but just a bit awkward.lol
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I'd be surprised - but would try not to show it
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Well, I can't properly answer this question because I am not Christian. I just hope the guests wouldn't be offended if that was me not choosing to bow, because I have refused before.
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If someone is a guest in your home, it is up to you to be gracious (excuse the pun) and allow them to decline. Would it have been better if they were hypocritical about their views and do it anyway?
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Not at all. We don't say grace, but guests can do (or not do) as they please with regards to religious ceremony.
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Nope. On the other hand, I'm sometimes the guest not doing so. If god's real, he'd know I was lying. If he's not, it's just a choice. I don't get offended when other people do not bow in respect to my kickboxing sensei upon meeting him. That's their choice too!
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I hate hypocrites so I wouldn't want them to pretend. Then again if they are friends, hopefully, I would know their preference and would not be surprised when they did not bow their heads. I probably (out of respect for them, so they might not feel ackward) would say grace over the food either before they came, before it was put on the dinner table, or may be my family would go into the kitchen and say grace before sitting down to eat. In His grasp, <:))))<>< "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21
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People of different faiths have many different customs and rituals, some involving food and some not. I guess I would answer this question with a question: If I went to someone's home for dinner and they didn't pray, what would I do and how would I feel? But no, I wouldn't be offended in the least. Peace to all.
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