Do you discuss religion and politics with other people ?

Only if that other person brings it up. If I feel that the other person only wants to be "right" and doesn't keep an open mind during discussion, I will walk away from it. :-)

I don't tend to discuss politics much, but religion, I sometimes cannot help because it is shoved in my face all the freaking time. I talk about both with my mom a lot because we agree a lot on many things. I don't tend to get into a lot of debates, but will if someone is trying to change my mind, I like listening to both sides and debating and maybe hear why someone really thinks the way they do.

Only with family or close friends, other then that nope, just seems to cause arguments.

One thing is to discuss and quite another to argue. I discuss both politics and religion with my offline friends. I try not to do it here as cultures vary a lot.

What is bad to discuss these things?

I don't comment on political issues, but I rarely discussion religious topics as I always have a clash with the other when I have a conversation with them about it.

Depends on the situation, Many times no to both as i am afraid of offending someone

i try not to.that's 2 of the "big 3" that start big stupid blow out arguements online. the 3rd being abortion.

Yes I can. They can actually be good discussions.

2,000 years in the future, my incarnation of the time is in a heated battle with someone else over their religion. After this civilization was destroyed in the upcoming wars, very few religious texts survived and he insists that his religion of Hogwarts and its god, Harry Potter, is the real deal! However, I have been trying to tell him that it was just a story someone wrote once... but he fails to listen. You really can't be rational with people once they are convinced something is real!

I've gotten into discussions on both subjects, though I try to stay far from the political ones.

In a discussive philosophical way is what i like.

The world is running because of this two topics...so I can't avoid those topics.if i don't talk about this topics people take advantage yet I know my limits.

Only when they start about it. Somehow, whenever I talk about such thing, I'm immediatly been seen as a racist (in case of religion). I'm not that well with spoken words, especially if I were to be the ice breaker.

Certainly not on here as it always ends in tears and rarely in the real world as people can't agree and end up falling out.

No, those are 2 topics that I do not like to discuss.

@august18 August, You are right religion and politics are hard to discuss. There are places and people that both can be discussed.

I agree, I never argue about those two topics as people can get mad because others have a different perspective.

@august18 Yes,and no.I discuss these topics with my friends,but avoid it with strangers.

I never discuss these topics... that's a wise person thing to do