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[missnatural]

Ahh. Thanks for clarifying. I was really stressing, because it's such a HUGE part of my life, and I'd feel awful having to not allow myself to chat at least casually about it.

[psusue]

Originally Posted by missnatural

Ahh. Thanks for clarifying. I was really stressing, because it's such a HUGE part of my life, and I'd feel awful having to not allow myself to chat at least casually about it.

I would consider myself a pretty serious Christian as well and I was very, very involved with my youth group and church in high school and Campus Crusade in college. During recruitment the things I did in youth group and Campus Crusade (I rushed as a junior) definitely came up, but I always just said how it grew me as a person and gave me a wonderful, close community and how I was looking for that in Greek life as well. It only gets weird if you're talking about how much Jesus means to you when you're talking to a Buddhist (or devout atheist). Just be respectful and if you're unsure about whether or not it would be awkward to say, err on the side of caution. Obviously if you end up joining you'll probably have more in-depth conversations about deeper and more meaningful things, but there is a time and a place for that. If you wouldn't talk about it during a job interview or first date, it might also come off as strange or off putting while you're meeting these women for only 5 or so minutes each during recruitment. Best of luck to you, let us know how it goes!

[UGAalum94]

Yep, that's how I see it too. Recruitment is no place to evangelize or proselytize, but you don't have to hide who you are either. Since you will be trying to gain membership in a primarily social organization, however, you probably want to make sure that your conversational topics are varied.

While I doubt being strongly religious would be a problem at very many chapters, being the recruitment guest who can talk only about religion might be.