Post by rayancaleb on Jan 4, 2018 7:15:47 GMT -5
Hello,
I wanted to bounce this dilemma off some like-minded individuals and see if I could get some advice. I work in a small office with only a few other people two of whom are VERY religious (fundamentalist Christian) one of these people is my immediate supervisor the other, let’s call her Jean, in addition to being religious also believes she has psychic abilities and can commune with the dead, predict the future, etc. Jean will periodically make matter of fact statements about the presence of ghosts or spirits in the building, relate communications she has had with dead people and talk about the direct influence of a god or spirits on her daily life. My supervisor has had conversations with Jean, within my earshot, about topics such as non-Christians burning in hell, etc. he has also, on one occasion, brought creationist literature into the office and encouraged me to read it. At this point I should mention that I enjoy my job and consider myself to be friendly with, if not friends with all my co-workers despite our different outlooks on the universe. The type of work I do also requires a a high level of mutual respect, trust and reliance which is hard to overstate. Because of my generally friendly relationship with these people, the intimate setting of our office and the nature of my work I have let all these episodes pass by usually with no comment at all in order to keep the peace. I was spurred on to write this post because yesterday Jean started talking about a ghost that dwells in the sub-basement of our building, she spoke about him with no equivocation just as if she was speaking of the person in the next office, I badly wanted to refute her claim but again kept quiet so as not to stir controversy. So my question and my dilemma is, as a responsible skeptic do I have a duty to refute ridiculous claims when they come up or I’m I better off keeping the peace because I am outnumbered and I have to see and work with these people everyday?
Please Help.
Thanks !
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
www.centerforinquiry.net/forums/viewthread/18185/
Gadget Animation
I wanted to bounce this dilemma off some like-minded individuals and see if I could get some advice. I work in a small office with only a few other people two of whom are VERY religious (fundamentalist Christian) one of these people is my immediate supervisor the other, let’s call her Jean, in addition to being religious also believes she has psychic abilities and can commune with the dead, predict the future, etc. Jean will periodically make matter of fact statements about the presence of ghosts or spirits in the building, relate communications she has had with dead people and talk about the direct influence of a god or spirits on her daily life. My supervisor has had conversations with Jean, within my earshot, about topics such as non-Christians burning in hell, etc. he has also, on one occasion, brought creationist literature into the office and encouraged me to read it. At this point I should mention that I enjoy my job and consider myself to be friendly with, if not friends with all my co-workers despite our different outlooks on the universe. The type of work I do also requires a a high level of mutual respect, trust and reliance which is hard to overstate. Because of my generally friendly relationship with these people, the intimate setting of our office and the nature of my work I have let all these episodes pass by usually with no comment at all in order to keep the peace. I was spurred on to write this post because yesterday Jean started talking about a ghost that dwells in the sub-basement of our building, she spoke about him with no equivocation just as if she was speaking of the person in the next office, I badly wanted to refute her claim but again kept quiet so as not to stir controversy. So my question and my dilemma is, as a responsible skeptic do I have a duty to refute ridiculous claims when they come up or I’m I better off keeping the peace because I am outnumbered and I have to see and work with these people everyday?
Please Help.
Thanks !
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
www.centerforinquiry.net/forums/viewthread/18185/
Gadget Animation