Atheists/Agnostics - saying grace to be polite?

Question

When you're eating dinner with a religious family that says grace, do you do it just to be polite?

Answer 1

Is it even possible for atheists to be polite? LOL

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

no i just keep quite and let them finish

Answer 4

I sit quietly and do not disturb them. I wouldn't want someone to be disrespectful in my house.

Answer 5

of course not.... if someone has a ritual before a meal such as praying and i am in their home i respect that by staying quiet  

Answer 6

I'll close my eyes and join hands silently -- I don't go out of my way to provoke a confrontation when I'm a guest in someone's home.

Answer 7

I don't do it at all, and, if questioned to any degree, retort that I have enough faith in the cooker of the food, and that it will taste accordingly.

Answer 8

No. I might bow my head slightly out of respect for my host, but i wont join my hands or close my eyes or utter any words. Same if i go to a wedding etc in a church, when they pray i look straight ahead with hands by my sides and do the same when they sing hymns, and both times, I stay silent.

Answer 9

I sit quietly. That is as much as I participate, so not to be rude, but also not offend my beliefs.

Answer 10

Yeah it doesn't hurt you to say it. If it makes them happy why not, I find I do it we are catholic but dont say grace friends family do so I say it.  

Answer 11

I bow my head and close my eyes, but I don't say the grace. Or Amen afterwards.  

Answer 12

I don't "say" grace but I hold hands and act respectfully to be polite.

Answer 13

all the time.Doesn't bother me a bit

Answer 14

I usually sit quietly until they are done.  Actually saying grace with them would come of so awkward and fake as to almost be a form of mockery.  I can't see how that would be good for anyone.  

Answer 15

I do, out of respect

Answer 16

Has happened once to me in a weekend seminar. I started eating while those whio wanted, prayed. Of course big discussion.I told them I did not respect their ideas and that they were trying to make me following their rules, which I did not want.  

Answer 17

I just shut my mouth and wait.  My mom doesn't ask me to say grace anymore, I think because she knows it would be meaningless and trite coming out of my mouth.

Answer 18

Yes, my family does the prayer thing on holidays (Thanksgiving, christmas, three kings day). I don't really know what they're saying sometimes, just stand there out of politeness.  

Answer 19

No, never. But you should do what you feel is appropriate.

Answer 20

yes my dear.

Answer 21

No, I do not. They'll think that they're making progress in my conversion. No point in being a hypocrite

Answer 22

No. I don't bow my head or say a prayer.

I am not going to fake what I'm not. I just remain silent as everyone else does their thing.  

Answer 23

I give a moment of silence but dont pray

Answer 24

No, I just bow my head in respect of the family.. Not their religion, nor even their beliefs..

I will not support what I consider to be a delusion.. There was a time that I would, however, the more I look at it.. the more I dislike it.

Answer 25

I will sit silently while they pray, sure, but I will not offer or validate a prayer.

Answer 26

Usually, yes.

Answer 27

I would just stay silent until they were done.  I wouldn't join in.  

Answer 28

no.

the only reason many people do is because religion has gotten a free ride in society for far too long.

religion demands respect, and is entirely unworthy of it

Answer 29

Yes, I just had to do that last night.