I told my boss straight up I don't believe in god. Now we never talk about god. Unless she's trying to annoy me. The 2nd day my assistant manager heard me telling the crew whom brought god up, that god isn't real, etc... She shouted, "No more religion talk!" Lol.

My reply is the church of logic and adventure.

None of my bosses ever showed the slightest interest in such matters.

In Tulsa oklahoma most people that how they start first conversation with you and they add : if you don't mind me asking??

Hey, congrats on the new job, @Paul1967! I hope it was all uphill after that wonderful Christian start.

Hard to believe with where I live but I have been lucky enough to dodge that question. Never got it. Just lucky, I think, since I've been standing next to a friend in her capacity as an art teacher while she was asked on two different occasions. I may have just jinxed myself but, if it happens, I'm uncomfortable lying as well so I'll handle it the way you did.

Guys you are so lucky, in oklahoma like this question typical

Wow! You did what I wish I could do, when confronted by the Christian sect!! You gave us a fine example of how to handle people who judge others by what religion they come from? I thank you! Hold that strength, it will keep you out of the weeds...

Well played, Sir. Very well played.

As a retired, independent person, when someone asks me what church I go to, I simply answer, "I don't go to church." If they ask for further explanation, I repeat the statement.

I would not work for a boss like that. That is totally unacceptable. Bible belt America is so backward.

I wouldn't say this to a boss--I'd be evasive--but I have been asked. My answer was "The church of the holy mackerel. It's a fishy kind of church, but at least it's never smelt."

Never from a boss but I had a potential sales client meeting that started with a prayer. Incredibly awkard as the two people in the room prayed for guidance in how they were going to spend corporate america's money. This was in central Florida, a very bible part of the great state.

Years ago, when I was applying for a job as a Deputy in the Sherriff's dept., the Sheriff asked me: "What church are you affiliated with?" I was dumbstruck because even back then, it was an illeagal question to ask in a job interview. I "colored" the truth a bit by claiming to be "affiliated" to a particualr church by way of my son's infant baptisum (my ex wifes insistance then).

He can't. Friggen union would eat him alive.

Excellent suggestions!

As to your question, no, I've NEVER been asked that question. It would be SO unprofessional.

If it were an interview question, it would also be illegal. I wonder how the law applies to it being a post-hiring question. Probably not illegal, but definitely unprofessional. I suppose the illegality would be if you were treated differently, passed over for opportunities, or improperly terminated in ways that can be connected to their knowledge of your religious beliefs.

Yes I have. I tell them I don't do cult meetings. Lol

No....but then, my boss is a Rabbi.

In a job interview once, I was asked about seminary because the interviewer "accidentally" got my resume confused with another. I think he was trying to ask about religion while staying legal.
Had I been a bit more daring at the time, I might have called him on it.

no and totally irevelant, isnt there a law against this ?

Yes. I say Saint Mattress.

Where I live, that's a common question that even strangers feel entitled to ask. Nobody ever asks "Do you go to church?" It is just assumed that you do, because "surely there are no atheists around here, and if there were, we would recognize them because of the horns protruding from their foreheads!"

I showed up for my first day on a job and as soon as I got out of my truck my supervisor (not the owner) introduced himself and asked me if I believed in god.

I was a little stunned for a second as I've never had that happen to me before.
Once it sunk (sank?) in I responded that he wasn't allowed to ask me that, in fact, it's illegal.

He ignored that and said well, do you?
I told him no, I thought it was bullshit and if he had any proof show it to me.

I wasn't worried about losing the job because I had worked with the owner on another job before this holy roller was around.
Anyway, we kept working together on this building and he didn't bring it up much. When he did I'd shoot his theories down. He was actually a pretty cool guy.

When the job was over he would occasionally email me some really weird pseudo-scientific, conspiracy theory bullshit videos that were funny as hell and I would send him a reply saying as much.

That's my one and only run in with a religious whacko at work.

Yes. An HR/Ops Manager at the state university I worked at asked me about the church I attended. And also, while working for another state organization, my supervisor asked me if I was Catholic. She asked me at a later time what church I went to. She sent religious material to the team on state-owned computers during work hours to the team. She was a complete maroon.

One of my favorite blogs is AskAManager.org. She has worked HR forever, and has great insight and experience. So I searched her site for "religion"and found this: [askamanager.org] It might shed some light. Seriously, it is a great blog for everything related to employment.

I live in NJ. It's never happened to me from my boss, but I have shared info to my co-workers.