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This post reflects more poorly on you than it does on the so called 'Jesus lovers' and I say this as an atheist. You are unambiguously in the wrong rejecting ca

by avl999 6y ago

This post reflects more poorly on you than it does on the so called 'Jesus lovers' and I say this as an atheist. You are unambiguously in the wrong rejecting candidates for their religious affiliation unless there is something else more problematic in their twitter profiles.

adkadskhj 6y ago
I suspect OP is saying this with the context of how the "Jesus Lovers" are advertising. I suspect it's a fear of the overly vocal ones - ie, perhaps they(OP) thinks hiring someone with that label would be like hiring someone holding Jesus signs on street corners or dudes at colleges with microphones. Which isn't to say that hiring those people is bad, but i suspect OP has been burned by people who can't keep their personal lives personal. Many religions inherently push you to share and spread the religion, so it's not unreasonable that a lot of religious people focus on pushing their agenda. With that said i don't think a twitter profile is a good indication on whether or not someone would let their religion get in the way of their work and/or work relationships.
seattle_spring 6y ago
Would you feel OK hiring someone whose first choice of describing themselves is "Jesus hater" or "PROUD ATHEIST"? The point is not that they love Jesus, it's that they are projecting it in the most publicly visible way.
- avl999 6y ago
  I would not have a problem with hiring someone describing themselves as a "proud atheist". I would have issues hiring someone describing themselves as a "jesus hater" just as I would have a trouble hiring someone who described themselves as an "allah hater". I think most reasonable people would feel the same. Any self professod "* haters" would elicit negative responses from followers of * and hurt team morale. On the other hand "jesus lovers", "allah lovers" and "shiva lovers" work together everyday without issues.

by avl999 6y ago

adkadskhj 6y ago

I suspect OP is saying this with the context of how the "Jesus Lovers" are advertising. I suspect it's a fear of the overly vocal ones - ie, perhaps they(OP) thinks hiring someone with that label would be like hiring someone holding Jesus signs on street corners or dudes at colleges with microphones. Which isn't to say that hiring those people is bad, but i suspect OP has been burned by people who can't keep their personal lives personal. Many religions inherently push you to share and spread the religion, so it's not unreasonable that a lot of religious people focus on pushing their agenda. With that said i don't think a twitter profile is a good indication on whether or not someone would let their religion get in the way of their work and/or work relationships.

seattle_spring 6y ago

Would you feel OK hiring someone whose first choice of describing themselves is "Jesus hater" or "PROUD ATHEIST"? The point is not that they love Jesus, it's that they are projecting it in the most publicly visible way.

avl999 6y ago
I would not have a problem with hiring someone describing themselves as a "proud atheist". I would have issues hiring someone describing themselves as a "jesus hater" just as I would have a trouble hiring someone who described themselves as an "allah hater". I think most reasonable people would feel the same. Any self professod "* haters" would elicit negative responses from followers of * and hurt team morale. On the other hand "jesus lovers", "allah lovers" and "shiva lovers" work together everyday without issues.