You've clearly been visiting the wrong churches, Musket. They're certainly not all like that. ;-) I avoid places with too many silly little damned rules, religious or otherwise, and I trust you do too.

Meanwhile...

"I've had enough of this!" (storming out)

"No, you haven't!" (spoken from behind desk with the certainty of one who knows)

"Oh, SHUT UP!!!" (angry voice fading down hallway, exit stage left)

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One thing to bear in mind, though. There are a number of cultures which insist, for instance, that one remove one's footwear before entering any dwelling place. This isn't done for religious reasons, it's done for other reasons. Even if YOU don't normally do that in your own dwelling place, it would be churlish and very impolite not to honour a host's wishes in that or some other regard when one is a guest. Accordingly, I honour the various religious OR cultural formalities when I'm a guest somewhere, and so would any other person who is reasonably sensible. To do so is NOT to surrender your own rights in some way. It's merely good manners. And you'd expect others to honour your rules of normal comportment if they came into your house, wouldn't you? If you don't wish to comply with basic formalities when visiting somewhere, why even visit in the first place?