I am friends with someone whose family is extremely religious. Her family is so religious, one of her sisters says after asking your name, "Are you a Christian?" That's how religious the family is. Now, I understand the need for religion for people, it makes them happy and faith is all good for me. What I want to know is how do you get around that? Do you avoid the part of the family that is so "pro-Christian" or do you just say, "No, I am not a Christian." I am pretty curious and would appreciate a littel bit of advice if anyone has it.

It really depend on how often you're going to spend time with this person's family. If you only see the family once in a blue moon, then try to avoid the issue. But if you think you're going to spend enough time together that it will become a problem that you don't see eye to eye, then confront them about it. Explain your views, and ask them to respect yours as much as you respect theirs. Also, how good of friends are you with the person, and how religious are they personally? If they have views similar to yours, then you shouldn't have to worry about being accepted. And if they're more like their family, then they should already know how you feel and they can explain it to their family.

They should respect your decison not to be religous, if they are truely Christian. While they will try to talk to you about, just politely decline and say that you are not interested. The key is respect both ways.

rawr, are they crazy religious or just normal religious?

as in [if you're not Christian you ***] or [it's ok if you're not Christian]

if they are crazy religious, they are not real Christians like wat he said ^

just try to be nice

I would simply like to state that religion can play a tremendous role in a person's life because it offers them ease, faith, and etc. If people were to ask me a question like that, I would state what religion I practice. I wouldn't be inclined to go into the details about the religion if they were to ask me why I practice a particular religion. Also, I'm also hoping that the family wouldn't go into a more depth discussion concerning their particular religion because that would be rather uncomfortable and awkward at the same time. Anyway, what's their main goal anyway? To try to have a decent conversation or with the intention of converting?

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well, even though i'd have to say i'm not a crazy religious person, i do occasionally ask people what religion they practice. It's because i feel that it is interesting to know, just like i sometimes ask people what their nationality is. Ironically, if i met a super religious person, being the messed up person i am, i'd actually not be nice to that person and be defiant when he quotes religious texts. But that's just me... I just can't get along with crazily religious people

I would just be honest. If you start off saying this and that and not being honest, then you drag out the discussion and it gets awkward.

If you are asked I would just say "I was brought up _________". That does not commit you and you are safe in the conversation.