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.

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.

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.

In New Zealand we are not to ask it is personal ,

I have never has such tremendous sympathy for Americans. Anyone is free to believe whatever they want, but such pressure to conform is unacceptable.

I, too, live in the bible belt. Since I moved here, I have been asked numerous times about which church I belong to, not by my Boss,as I am disabled and retired. Unfortunately, for me, I have not come up with a decent response as you. Even though I have been churched all of my life, I now renounce religion all together. We moved here some 6 years ago, and as soon as I left the church I belonged to when I moved I’ve been an atheist. Thank you for your insight.

That is surprising that it is still happening in 2018. Back in the 70s and 80s it was almost a given that some do-gooder would want to know what church you attended in an effort to gather another lamb to their flock. And if you were self assured (or stupid!) enough to say you didn't attend church, you had better be ready for a non-ending full on frontal attack in an attempt to get you converted (to their religion and church) and save your soul. The only way to end the attack was to either lie or become rude and verbally insulting, which would make you a pariah at work. And even affect your existing friendship with others that had just never inquired to your sanctity.

Gladly that behavior has seemed to all but stop over the past ten years. However now that I am much older, a little wiser and could care less what others think of me and always ready for a good debate, in a perverted way I sort of miss that old form of religious abuse.

I have not.

No, my boss hasn't asked me what church I go to. If she does I will tell I'm a atheist. I wish I had the nerve to burn some bibles.

30 years ago in the Deep South the bank manager asked me "what my local was?" I had just moved from the U.K. and that sentence translated to "which pub do you drink at?" So I scratched my head trying to remember the name of any of the bars I had frequented, fortunately for me I couldn't. I then said "I'm sorry but I can't remember any names" at which point he invited me to join him and his family at their church....? I had the biggest smile on my face, I bet he thought he'd made my day.

NOPE

I just say, "I work over the weekend." I once had a kiddo ask me, "Do you read your bible on your days off?" I told her "Nope, I never read tbe bible."

No, but I did get memo on my desk at my first job at an architecture firm in a work study program while at Texas A & M. The message said that "from this Friday and every Friday forward there wil be a mandaory meeting on the role of Jesus Christ in Architecture". I swivelled my office chair around (I was an indoctrinated Jew back then) at the same time that Mohammed swivelled his chair around and we both exclaimed what the fuck in unison. Unforgettable! I typed up an anonymous reply and left it on the desk of both partners, informing them that what they did was illegal and it was never spoken of again. The firms principals and the admin staff all meet at church and just figured they could have some fun. Lol... we had to go into one of the engineers ofices and close the door if we had a dirty joke worth telling!!!

If they do, you have a valid HR complaint.

Sure have!! When I told them I was a member of The Sponge Bob Square Pants Temple Church of Deliverance, they STFU.

I have never in my 45 years of employment ever been asked about my church or religion. What gives?