The funny thing is - When I was working in India, I argued with my then boss for doing a Hindu prayer at an office gathering because there were a couple of Christian employees present.

Some years ago I worked on a nuclear power station. The station manager was known to have strong religious beliefs and some of the more ambitious staff thought it might be a good idea to have a prayer meeting during the lunch hour on Fridays hoping to impress the boss. Our English gas cooled reactors are totally dependent on the pile cap cranes to keep running. If one of the fuel stringers develops a pinhole leak the crane can remove it without the need to shut the reactor down. Unfortunately it was found that one pile cap crane had developed cracks which needed to be repaired, If a fault occurred in a fuel stringer while the pile cap crane could not be used it would be necessary to shut down the reactor and an unplanned reactor shut down was an expensive business.

The bible study group decided to pray for divine guidance on how to correct the fault on the out of service crane. God, if indeed he exists and listens to prayers must also have a sense of humour. He responded to their prayers by putting cracks in the other reactor's pile cap crane as well.

The bible study group was instructed to stop praying for the plant since God was probably a green peace supporter.

I was also going to say this. Her comments were uncalled for and are an act of discrimination. She had no right to tell you that. Report what she said and use that as your reasoning for no longer wanting to participate in the prayers. Point out that you have respectfully kept silent but after her comments you feel the need to withdraw from that part of the meeting.

No.I did not report her. The way she was talking was as though she was trying to save me.

@EternalVagabond yes but it is intrusive and it is an offensive thing to say.

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Yes, and I doubt if there will be enough 'pies' around that the Seventh Day Adventists do not have their stickly little fingers in some where.

One thing that I read lately...that young people are leaving the Church in large numbers!

Ah but it IS a battle well worth the fighting is it not.
After all, imho, Religions belong in places of worship and home that embrace religions, NOT in workplaces, hospitals, etc, etc, and DEFINITELY not in the private love- lives of anyone at all.

@Triphid In my opinion, it's not a battle worth fighting. I grew up with it and can easily ignore it. Here, there are a lot of businesses with religious backgrounds and they can conduct business the way they deem fit. It doesn't mean I would work for or with them though.

@AstralSmoke Imo, the fight/battle for Freedom from Religion IS a battle well worth fighting.

@Triphid If you think it's worth the fight, then by all means I would encourage you to fight. We all have to make priorities in our own lives.

@AstralSmoke My life, as I see it is pretty much okay but I will continue to 'fight' for the Rights, Needs, etc, of ALL others, including Atheists/Agnostics, etc, whilst there is still a breath in my body.
When I was 16 and a High School student, we were stuck in classes of between 30-40 students, in room inside 'transportable' buildings made from timber and corrugated iron with NO heating in winter and No cooling in summer and suffered with winter temps. ranging between 10 and 3 degrees Celsius daily and summer temps. ranging from the HIGH twenties to the HIGH thirties Celsius.
We were also expected and forced twice per school day to stand to attention en-mass in a Quadrangle with NO shade, surrounded on ALL 4 sides by stone buildings for School Assemblies, etc.
I've lost count of the actual numbers of fellow students whom we carried away from Assemblies/Classrooms because they'd collapsed from theat or the exhaustion of standing in Assemblies.
All this and often more happening in School built and intended for 1,300 student at a maximum BUT actually having 2,600+ students regularly EVER year.
In 'cahoots' with a number of Teachers, I started a PUBLIC Campaign via the Newspapers, nation-wide, to bring this situation to light, organised Sit-ins at School and Student Protest Matches until FINALLY the New South Wales Government listened and started building the Second, and much needed, High School here in Broken Hill.
Yes, I often faced down threats of Expulsion from school, ostracism by Authorities, etc, etc, and the 3 Teachers who helped were often threatened with the sacking and de-registration but we won.
Since then I've always 'gone in to bat' for the underdogs and WILL keep on doing so since it IS duty of any decent, caring person, imo, to do so.

Thank you

Yes. I have seen a few people not praying sometimes.

@MissKathleen I think it's entertaining.

If I record such events, can that be used against me? can they accuse me of recording an internal company meeting?

@EternalVagabond have they in any way communicated these meetings are secret or confidential or proprietary in nature? If it's a staff meeting, who keeps record? Do they prepare minutes? Do the minutes mention the opening prayer? You can record openly and claim it's for refreshing your memory,, instead of taking notes.

"winner"

Thank you..

"Which" Doctor

@EternalVagabond Probably a dermatologist, but a general practitioner should do as well.