Is it possible for a Christian, atheist, Moslem, Buddhist and Jew to sit down at a table and not argue about religion?

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Absolutely! It happens all the time. But, it depends on one’s religious outlook.

I have had this situation at my home and in the workplace. At work, one typically does not launch into religious discussions. But, at home, over meals, it can be fascinating.

If the people around the table subscribe to religious pluralism and are accepting of people of other faiths, one can have a truly enlightening and rewarding experience. If, on the other hand, one person around the table is religiously intolerant, religiously insecure, or decides my dinner table is the venue to convert a couple "infidels", then the enlightening conversation can degenerate into an unenlightening shouting match. Needless to say, I try not to inflict such persons on my guests.

Intolerance of any kind represents closed mindedness to me and is the antithesis of open learning or education. I haven’t experienced this intolerance across all religions--only in Judaism and Christianity. But, I am confident these 2 religions do not have a monopoly on this human failing.By the way, do not confuse this intolerance with fundamentalism.

I know fundamentalists who are firm and at peace in their faith without being intolerant of others who may not share those same beliefs. Sources: Wide experience in relating to persons of all faiths--one of the real advantages to living in a part of the country offering great diversity...I love NY!.

Of course. Not everyone wants to discuss their religion all the time. In college, my study group was comprised of myself (an atheist), a pair of Muslem sisters, and a couple Christians.

We got together in the student Union a couple times a week to do homework and just talk about whatever. The topic of religion rarely came up. It did occasionally, of course, just as many other topics occasionally came up.

When it did, there was no "arguing", there was discussion and Q&A, people wanting to learn more about the others' beliefs and non-beliefs. But in general, we were just a group of friends. Our religious beliefs (and lack thereof) were wholley irrelevant to our friendships.

I see absolutely no reason that would have changed if a Buddhist and Jew joined our group. I do have several Jewish friends as well, and while we've also discussed religion, again, there's never been any arguing about it. To my knoweldge, I don't personally know any Buddhists, but again, I have no idea why that would make a difference.

People aren't their religion. They're just people. Sources: personal experience..

I think it is both possible AND necessary most of the time! It all depends on the subject that made you gather together! This is what I have personally observed.

I have seen Christians, Muslims, Jews and Atheists sitting at a table and do not argue religion. In fact at universities this is not something uncommon. I personally have observed quite a few instances of that.

I can at least remember one example that ALL of those people were *observants*. So, the answer to your question is yes, it definitely is possible! Religion is one of those controversial issues.

I prefer not to discuss it with anybody, other than those who have very similar beliefs. I think it is really necessary to know where religion should be discussed. In most cases talking about religion will just weaken the friendships.It is not going to change anything other than ruining your friendship with others.

At least this is what I learned from discussing religion with others... Sources: my life! Paradise. T's Recommendations How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable: Getting Your Point Across with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense Amazon List Price: $16.95 Used from: $5.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 5 reviews) It is really hard to disagree with somebody's religion without being disagreeable!

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I'm sure it has happened many times in America I've been in corporate board rooms that contained these components, many times and the subject was NOT anything to do with religion, therefore no forum for such an argument to take place was avaialable. Now if you've placed them together to discuss religion, then surely they could do it without arguing but I can't see them agreeing. If you tell me, as a believer in Christ, that there is any other way to GOD other than through Christ Jesus, then I'm going to disagree and claim that you are spewing lies.

Sure I can understand why you believe what you believe because of what you've been exposed to, but it still doesn't make it the TRUTH. Lies, in Lies out. Garbage in garbage out.

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If they're polite. After all, no facts are at issue. The atheist's position is the one that is... ... most nearly scientific, in the sense of being capable of being disproved by an observation, but even it makes no testable predictions, and there's no possibility of reasoning people out of faith-based positions, so why would anyone make things unpleasant by "arguing"?

(i'm assuming here that you're not equivocating between "debate" and "unpleasant disagreement. ") So it's possible. Whether it is likely is another issue entirely.

I wonder why you left out Confucians, animists, and pagans and other polytheists? It's easy enough, these days here in America, to find Wiccans, people who are arguably polytheistic (such as Mormons and Jains), and possibly even Confucians and Shintoists..

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