A person I’ve just met, who has to announce their particular religion, in the first few moments of meeting them.
I’m a natural born skeptic, I find all religions equally laughable. When someone announces their religion right off the bat, I feel like they are looking for the secret handshake, an attempt to curry favor on the basis of their religion, and not on who they actually are.
I’ve seen far too many overtly religious types, who are anything but, actual followers of their professed religion. They use it as a tool. To get the job, to get the favor, to see what they can get out of you.
I do not generally judge a person by their religion, or lack of it, I judge a person by their actions.
…and if your religion is the basis for you being a lying, thieving, manipulative, wife beating, child abusing, bigoted jack ass, then it apparently hasn’t taken.
You’ve seen them too. Or, maybe you prefer not to look.
“By their actions, you shall know them.”
Evidence Based Reality 
This type, I took don’t like
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I too*
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It’s a good thing out typos aren’t a defining characteristic trait 😉
Good to see you Mak.
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Part of it may be cultural. I know some places in the US where “Where do you go to church?” is the first question people get asked. Just like “What do you do?” is the first question in my part of the country. In those areas, getting the question out of the way right at the start of meeting someone is reasonable.
Outside of that context, it’s obnoxious. Proclaiming your tribal affiliation to get members of your tribe to assume they can trust you, and to be able to act smug with those who don’t share that affiliation. Bleh.
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IMO, asking someone where they go to church right off the bat, is a bit presumptuous. I’ve answered such questions in the past along the lines of ” I gave up going to church a long time ago,” which is both true, and at the same time doesn’t bring up the fact I’m not rleigous at all, because that’s none of their damn business either.
As per your second paragraph, that’s how I see it.
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People like that aren’t really all that religious, they are more interested in attempting to enhance their status than in pointing out their actual religious faith. Anyone who almost immediately needs to tell you about their religious or political beliefs, their work status, their educational status, whatever, are generally using that status to prop up their ego. It makes them feel just a wee bit superior.
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…and IMO, there’s something completely dishonest about that.
I see them fishing for that secret handshake, being part of the same cult/tribe. Which is supposed to make them mutally agreeable, trusting, and accepting of each other.
I need a little more than that. I’ve seen far too many blatant hypocrites who proclaim to be x-ians. But, I do live in the south… There’s a lot of that going on. And they don’t seem to mind.
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