Once, a recruiter from the Christian Science Church called me about web developer position. They had a really good medical plan. No, seriously, they did.
There was a catch, though. Since they are a religious organization, they are allowed to ask about my beliefs--they wanted someone that not only believes in a higher power, but also one that can support their "mission". Discordian seemed entirely too difficult to explain, so I decided to go with Druid.
A couple days later, an engineer from the Christian Science Church called to evaluate my knowledge of Perl, Apache, and various web standards. He also wanted to know why, since we worship trees, we would build Stonehenge.
I thought that maybe somehow I could respect, or at least look the other way, at their anti-medical stance. I thought that I could be cynical enough to shrug my shoulders at someone's suffering when a cure was in their reach. I do respect their choices and their faith, but I realized that it would be immoral and unethical to encourage or legitimize such ideas. It was sort of a shame, really; they had a fantastic benefits package and I really needed a job.
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