Manager reveals texts from employee trying to change his sexuality and gets hilarious responses online

While many workplaces strive to embrace diversity and inclusion, there are still individuals who attempt to impose their conservative views on others. This issue became apparent when Reddit user u/xSloth91, an office manager for a private contractor in a major city, shared a series of unsettling text messages from a potential new hire. The candidate, who held strong religious beliefs, expressed discomfort with the manager's sexuality. Confused by these messages, the manager turned to Reddit to share his experience and gather opinions from the community.

He wrote,"I interviewed this guy who has a very religious background. After our initial interview process, we got talking to get to know each other a little better. He asked about my religious background. I was honest and told him I left the church after coming out. I told him I'd been gay my whole life and knew so at a very early age. I never felt comfortable in my extremely Southern Baptist church and moved away from them after telling my parents I was gay." At first, the potential employee seemed to understand the manager's point, but as they continued to talk, things took an awkward turn. Ignoring some of that candidate's red flags, the manager brought him on board, but on the day he had to fill out his paperwork and get on with his training, the employee said he had to leave.

A week later, the new hire sent the manager a series of text messages explaining his decision. The manager shared screenshots of the interaction on Reddit. "After some prayer and consideration, I believe the Lord is leading me away from taking this job. I appreciate your time getting me onboard, but I will not be proceeding any further," the other guy texted the manager. "On a separate note, I thought a bit about what you said when you told me that you felt you were born gay and I wish I could have shared this with you in person, but the only thing that separates humans from animals is that we can process our desires and choose to withhold from them," the text messages further read.

"That conscious resistance of giving into the desires of our flesh is what makes us human and gives us the ability to grow and flourish in life," the man texted, adding that he was only sending the texts because he cared for the manager and was trying not to be "harsh or judgemental." Then he sent a few scriptures from Galatians, taken from the New Testament, that advised humans not to give into the "desires of flesh." "Eternal life is a free gift that God offers you by putting your faith in Jesus Christ and living according to His will and not your own. The temporary pressures of sin are fleeting. They bring satisfaction for a time, but eventually, they lead to death," the texts concluded.

The Reddit community had some hilarious reactions to the religious man's text messages and his attempt to change someone's sexuality. u/conebone69696969 wrote, "I would have cut the interview off after they asked my religious background. What an inappropriate question to ask on either side of the table." u/Born_Ruff mentioned, "In some parts of the US, asking about religion is shockingly common. Like you get into a cab and the first thing they ask you after, 'How are you,' is something about your religion. I think it is very weird that OP shared so much personal information with a job candidate in an interview, but it seems to suggest that this is one of those areas where 'which church do you go to' is just a standard 'get to know you' question."