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Hey pg, here is at least one situation that entirely backs up your theory. I'm not a Freemason, but one of the rules of Freemasonry is that politics and religi

by froo 18y ago

Hey pg, here is at least one situation that entirely backs up your theory. I'm not a Freemason, but one of the rules of Freemasonry is that politics and religion are NOT to be discussed while within the lodge. This is done in part so that no mason will have to justify their personal interpretation of either (and thus their identity) to any other mason while in the lodge. Perhaps they were onto something (apart from getting drunk and playing ping pong)

menloparkbum 18y ago
The notion that it is impolite to discuss politics and religion is a staple bit of folk wisdom dispensed by parents, grandparents, various other elders, and barkeeps the world over.
- froo 18y ago
  The notion that it is impolite to discuss politics and religion is a staple bit of folk wisdom dispensed by parents, grandparents, various other elders, and barkeeps the world over. ...but it's not a universal piece of folk wisdom. In fact it's the significant minority When you consider 68% of the world of the world is composed under the belief structures of the 3 primary religions (christianity, islam, hinduism) and religion is primarily passed from the parent to the child, I find that parents (and so by inference, grandparents) suggesting that it is impolite to discuss religion a hard pill to swallow. When you take almost all other religions into account, Non Religious people account for around 21% of the world's population, with some of those are agnostic people (like myself).
  - menloparkbum 18y ago
    My grandfather gave me that advice, and he's a member of the clergy. There are varying levels of social sophistication amongst religious people. In general those born into some sort of longstanding cultural religion tend to not bring it up in polite conversation. It's the newly converted noobs, or perhaps a crazy aunt, who ruin the dinner party.
    - froo 18y ago
      Your crazy aunts don't necessarily need to be religious to ruin dinner parties. Many of my family Christmas' have been ruined by drunken dancing old women :)

by froo 18y ago

menloparkbum 18y ago

The notion that it is impolite to discuss politics and religion is a staple bit of folk wisdom dispensed by parents, grandparents, various other elders, and barkeeps the world over.

froo 18y ago
The notion that it is impolite to discuss politics and religion is a staple bit of folk wisdom dispensed by parents, grandparents, various other elders, and barkeeps the world over. ...but it's not a universal piece of folk wisdom. In fact it's the significant minority When you consider 68% of the world of the world is composed under the belief structures of the 3 primary religions (christianity, islam, hinduism) and religion is primarily passed from the parent to the child, I find that parents (and so by inference, grandparents) suggesting that it is impolite to discuss religion a hard pill to swallow. When you take almost all other religions into account, Non Religious people account for around 21% of the world's population, with some of those are agnostic people (like myself).
- menloparkbum 18y ago
  My grandfather gave me that advice, and he's a member of the clergy. There are varying levels of social sophistication amongst religious people. In general those born into some sort of longstanding cultural religion tend to not bring it up in polite conversation. It's the newly converted noobs, or perhaps a crazy aunt, who ruin the dinner party.
  - froo 18y ago
    Your crazy aunts don't necessarily need to be religious to ruin dinner parties. Many of my family Christmas' have been ruined by drunken dancing old women :)