Atheist friends: personal debate. What do you do during the holidays during

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Christian family dinner? I still haven't reached a conclusion as to what I should do in this situation.

I'm at my boyfriend's parents' house, Thanksgiving. They bow their heads to pray to some imaginary fairy man. Do I keep my mouth shut, keep my hands unfolded, and stare straight ahead until it's over...or do I join in this ridiculous tradition?

What do you guys do?

Thanks and much love.
Shut up Morganie.

RIGHT! Do I pretend or not? Christmas is coming up and this is uncomfortable for me. :)
 
Unless you really want to cause problems, just be respectful. Hopefully, you would have already discussed your believes with your family, but if you haven;t, bringing them up at the dinner table on a holiday would be just rude and cause a whole lot of trouble.
 
Making fun of religion is the same as making fun of someones color. If your bf was black and you had dinner with his black family would you start saying "omg look at all the niggers here". Of course you wouldn't because its fuckin rude. Same thing works here. Just because you are not religious does not mean you should not respect that fact that someone else is. Just excuse yourself from the table or just go with it for the moment. choke it down it only lasts like 1 minute.
 
i bow my head out of respect for my hosts. it's the adult thing to do, although i am not in the least superstitious. as an alternative, decline the invitiation if your only other option is to insult them.
 
Well, you don't have to be a party-pooper and make a scene about your Atheism. As an Atheist I always join in and "pray," and then get on with the party.
 
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