Question on holiday dinners?

I have and do go to holiday dinners with friends of other beliefs. If they pray, I respectfully bow my head.

I do not have a problem with them praying to their god or gods before meals, and I certainly would not be disrespectful to a friend anytime, much less in his/her own home.

Of course I accept the invitation. I was invited by a Jewish friend to have the passover dinner with her family. I was respectful of all the traditions, and really enjoyed it. The only thing that went wrong was I wasn't sure what to do with the whole parsley thing. Everyone else was putting it in their mouths....I didn't know if they were eating it or not, so I spit it in the napkin.

It's always nice to see how other people do things.

Same thing as Kallan. I bow my head when people say Grace before meals with Christians, and perform ablution when eating with Jews and Muslims, as well as eating right-handed. If asked to /give/ Grace or perform another sort of prayer, however, I have in the past respectfully declined. To me it would be more offensive to say the words and not believe in them.

I would certainly accept the invitation. Even if my friends are of a different belief I would show respect for their right to believe what they want to. To not accept the invitation because of religious prejudice would be very small minded.

My prevalent trip meal must be the classic Ukrainian vegetarian Christmas Eve dinners my grandmother used to host at her abode. we could initiate with the classic wheat pudding dish - of boiled wheat - like a cereal to which replaced into added honey and floor poppyseeds. that's an obtained style for people who're no longer Ukrainian. Then we could consume borsch, a bean soup, a wild mushroom soup, gefilte fish - particular... a kosher Jewish delicacy via fact my grandma labored for a Jewish woman who taught her a thank you to make it - and he or she enjoyed it a lot it became the fish direction, this could be observed via pickled herring, and then the prevalent... verynyky with a mushroom gravy. There could be a type of fillings - potato and cheese, cottage cheese, saurkraut and the final ever blue berry ones for dessert. My brothers and that i could have contest to make certain what proportion verynyky we ought to consume. in spite of each little thing this got here cakes. Honey cake made with buckwheat honey, Christmas fruit cake and chrysytky - the beautiful comfortable and lifght fried pastry coated in icing sugar. As each and each grand baby became sixteen we've been allowed the shot of rye whiskey with the adults to toast the beginning up of the meal. i've got tried to re create the meal for my relatives - and on social gathering have executed the full 12 classes yet via fact that's in simple terms the 4 human beings, i've got scaled back to approximately 4 or 5.

I would go if he was a very good friend. Just be respectful and bow your head, too. You do not need to actually pray. If they ask you to say a blessing, just say, "Thank you for the food we are about to receive."

it depends on the religion and the meal

there are many Christian meals that I can't eat due to dietary restrictions and I think it is rude for a guest to demand that a hostess go out of their way to cater to the picky/finicky eater

so, more than likely, since most of my friends are Christian and they serve ham or other pork products than no, I would probably not go to dinner and just graciously decline the offer

Depends what religion. If it were Orthodox, Catholic or a different brand of Protestantism than I would go. If they were Jewish than I would go because they worship the same God as well but anything else I wouldn't feel right celebrating. Be respectful and decline if they are celebrating a faith that is false in your eyes.

I would ask what time they are having prayer, and go about fifteen minutes after theyre done saying grace. Ive done this at family gatherings.

I would go, but after prayer time is over.

I would, and have many times.

I remain silent during prayers and do not bow my head.

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