When have you worked in a group of a faith other than your own? What are your experiences?

If the cause was good, we were all on the same team...why not? I have to laugh at myself, for I was raised Catholic, and Catholics are taught that, though they may attend other services, they should not participate in them...as a kid, I wondered if helping a Methodist church work to raise money for a great cause was participating in their services...I did it anyway, regardless of whether or not it was...big deal.

Working in a group of faith other than one's own is a great way to learn something new and share unique viewpoints. The key is that they are truly a "group of faith" sincerely also seeking God. Once I got caught up with a Salvation Army outreach and it was eye-opening to see how they organize and witness to others. They showed a lot of classic movies (this was before the days of Hollywood TBN) and got into the Old Testament more than any other Christian group I ever was involved with before. They LOVE people - and are very nonjudgmental with an extra emphasis on the poor.

I've been friends with people of lots of different faiths.

I found the Mormons I knew to be some of the best people around, always friendly and willing to help others. I don't like their belief system, but I did like the people.

Also, the Muslims I've known have been some of the most spiritually sincere people I've met, and none of those I was close to believed in harming infidels or that terrorism was okay. Again, I don't like their religion, but as long as they don't try to accuse women of impurity or say non-Muslims should die, I have no qualms.

Most of the pagans I've known were really messed up people, but I don't judge the whole based solely on them. I'm sure there are great Wiccans running around out there.

I'm an atheist with no religious or ethnic Jewish background but I've been attending a Conservative Jewish synagogue lately for Shabbat and have tickets to attend the High Holy Days soon to be upon the Jewish people.

Not sure why I go, it feels nice though. I enjoy the time away from my roommates, I enjoy the cultural immersion, and I enjoy the company I find myself, even if the rabbi still gives me strange looks when I bellow out Kiddush in my deep bass voice and contribute my voice to the whole of the gathering.

I desperately have to learn Hebrew though... I hate not understanding 90% of what is said. The rabbi is kind and announces what page we're on regularly for me though. :)

Our Humanist community regularly works shoulder to shoulder with our neighbors of faith on local service projects, such as feeding the hungry and assembling toiletry packages to give to women and children who sometimes arrive at our local women's shelter with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The group generally consists of Episcopalians, Jews, Quakers, Muslims, Wiccans, Unitarian Universalists, Humanists, and atheists. By focusing our collective energies upon solving problems of common interest, we have built quite a sense of good will and community.

I am agnostic and chair a comittee for the PTF of the Christian School my son attends. (DH is Christian)

I love helping out. Everything was fine, then the principal mentioned (I believe behind my back) that I was not "a believer" and now they seem not so eager to accept my help.

Same happened with the nursery. I volunteered because they were short ladies to help with the infants/toddlers. (I have three kids myself one whom is in the nursery.). Now I am not welcome to volunteer.

i was born jewish, am now atheist, and did some freelance work for a christian radio station in NJ. it was awkward at first, well, at the end too. haha it was just very strange, and my friends found it equally comical. the guy was very kind, and gave me (only 19 at the time) a great oppurtunity.

I am around Buddhists quite often as well as studying the texts with them. At first you wonder if it's hypocracy, but it's not. If any one God created all these religions, then it is his will.

I work in a prison, you would be shocked at the amount of faiths that are in prison.

They try to convert me.

and give me all this bullshit, well

I don't mind ppl telling me the first one,

they're polite when they do, but the second one really

annoys me!

"You should follow Mauhamid, it will do you well"'-Muslims

"Your Pope is the Anti-Christ, we are the true Christians"-Protestants

"There is no God, only Scientology"'-Scientology ppl