Bookkeeper asked me about my religious denomination "just curious" she said. I told her that "I belong to a denomination called Unity which is very small in Canada but I find it to be in line with my own spiritual beliefs, it is far less restrictive than mainline churches" This is her response "Oh thank you for the information about your church and your beliefs. I am Protestant-Baptist and my beliefs are very important in finding my man. This is my number 1 requirement." OMG, I didn't mention that Unity is a new thought church and her church would probably consider us wacko's. She just thinks I'm a nice church going guy and that's great! We are a bible based church but we interpret the bible in a metaphysical manner rather than a literal one. We have other very different ideas about miracles, Jesus, sin etc. We call our beliefs "positive Christianity" Let's just say we're more liberal than the liberal churches. But then, if I went to a United Church I wouldn't even be thinking about this issue and that church is pretty liberal. So I don't know where to go with this one! I remember wanting to ditch MM when I found out she was a Muslim but then I decided not to judge someone on my own probably erroneous ideas about what she believed. It turned out we had many of the same beliefs despite the difference in our faiths and it made no difference at all. The funny thing is that up until six months ago I had been an evangelical Christian for over four years, so I know the ropes and have no issues with someone having those beliefs and I also know that people usually have their own personal interpretation of what Christianity means, which "rules" are important to follow and denomination is often a meaningless term...it's which ever church is closest to me. But, I also don't want to mess with her head either. On the other hand, I told her that my church was far less restrictive than mainline churches...that's pretty clear. I don't know, I guess I'd have to get to know her in order to figure out whether the faith thing is really that critical...and I'd have to know what she actually believes, which I don't! Maybe I'm over- reacting, but I don't screw people around...that's my number 1 requirement of myself!
