Do you like your christian friends?

[joelz54_99]

I really never cared what they thought or said before but this one person is really bugging me. There's this friend at work that in several instances has said that she will pray for me and ask God to help me. I give no response to that since she doesnt know my personal beliefs. In other case she says that she goes to church on Wed, Thurs, and Sunday and gets out really late and complains how she runs out of time to do things. When I ask what her plans are for this weekend she mentions Church like if its a big thing. Like I said I never really cared what they thought or did in the past but I feel like telling this person not to talk to me anymore. Something about this that bugs me now and didnt in the past. Anyone have any advice or experiences with this?

[CaptainGorgeous]

I'm an atheist, but two of my best friends are Christians. They are also smarter than me, which makes debating fun.

[powerman2000]

I really never cared what they thought or said before but this one person is really bugging me. There's this friend at work that in several instances has said that she will pray for me and ask God to help me. I give no response to that since she doesnt know my personal beliefs. In other case she says that she goes to church on Wed, Thurs, and Sunday and gets out really late and complains how she runs out of time to do things. When I ask what her plans are for this weekend she mentions Church like if its a big thing. Like I said I never really cared what they thought or did in the past but I feel like telling this person not to talk to me anymore. Something about this that bugs me now and didnt in the past. Anyone have any advice or experiences with this?

Jesus didn't come to be "liked".

[TheXFactorJoe]

Please read my forum signature below. That is my advice.

[joelz54_99]

Am I being harsh?

[JustAnotherUser]

So she prays for you, which to her is a kindness. Big deal. Can't hurt. And maybe Church is a big deal for her.

I fail to see how this affects you really.

[Irezumi]

A couple of my best friends are Christians. We have a mutual respect for each other though. I never express how dense their faith appears to me and they never feel the need to push their vodoo on me. Plus we hardly ever see each other anymore since they are both fighing in Afghanistan with the Army special forces. When we do speak or see each other, religion is the last thing on our minds.

[karas]

I'm an atheist, but two of my best friends are Christians. They are also smarter than me, which makes debating fun.

wait....wut?

I don't have many Christian friends outside of my family, and I haven't really talked to them about my lack of belief, but I think they know due to my constant abscence from church...

[JuanDenver]

Your question is faulty to begin with.

Befriending someone means you like them for one overriding reason or another.

Shes an acquaintance if you dont like her.

[JUSA]

Am I being harsh?

A little. I get weirded out when strangers say that kind of stuff, but if they're friends then they surely mean well.

edit: oh wait, it's more of a work acquaintance. I can see being annoyed, unless she's praying for your health or something. It almost sounds as if she's judging you, which I can see being bothered by.

[timmy47]

yes i do like them.....except when they speak about non-sense. most of my friends arent really religious though. there are a couple who are though. it doesnt come up much/i dont see them that much. not because i dont like them, but just because i dont see them much. my gf is more or less a deist as well.

[illriginalized]

Yep. In fact I'm involved in a group of people who are Christians, Muslims, and Jews who support the Abrahamic Alliance


(no not the Abrahamic alliance of bodybuilding.com)

[dmacfour]

Well for the most part religion doesn't come up among my friends. Among close friends, most are apathetic Christian, deist, or deists that want to be called Christian. I am the atheist.

The couple few that are super religion bug me more than they used to because their willingness to consider things that are absurd spills over into conspiracy theories, ghosts, UFOs, demons, and other crazy sh@t. I have a hard time not snickering somethings when they have discussions.

They also get pissed that I regard that stuff as BS unless I get solid proof.

[timbo81]

sounds like my kinda gal, she single?

[Tiffany Wantsmore]

Why not just tell her your beliefs? If she doesn't know how you feel, how does she know you want her to stop? She obviously feels quite happy to express her beliefs to you, so you should feel able to express yours.

[Boffothe]

My liberal, atheist friends and I sit around laughing at Christian sheep while masturbating each other to orgasm and listening to The Young Turks. Some evenings we consume a few too many bottles of Michelob Ultra, and burn copies of The Book of Mormon, gallivanting through the city streets hand in hand as we dance to iSpeakers blaring Moby and Bob Marley.

I don't have many Christian friends

[BadMonkeyFunker]

I don't associate with delusional people....

[Jirachi]

My liberal, atheist friends and I sit around laughing at Christian sheep while masturbating each other to orgasm and listening to The Young Turks. Some evenings we consume a few too many bottles of Michelob Ultra, and burn copies of The Book of Mormon, gallivanting through the city streets hand in hand as we dance to iSpeakers blaring Moby and Bob Marley.

I don't have many Christian friends

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/ONtop888

[MitchTheBoss]

A couple of my best friends are Christians.

This, but we never talk religion because most of them are just party animals/don't really care about religion or politics

If someone does say to me "I'll pray for you" or something of the like I'd just say "cool, thanks" and forget about it. It's not that serious to cause a problem with someone over brah

[thesouthernson]

As a moderate Catholic, who does practice it but is moderate, I will say that having religious friends can be great. They can be great people to ask advice from and are often respectful. What you have to be careful of are the zealots who wear it on their sleeves and try to impose it on everybody. Usually they are great, but when they cross the line it can become a bit much.

[NJMscle]

Religion isn't that big of a deal here. It's viewed more as a private thing and something you do with your family occasionally or on the weekends, you don't have too many in your face religious types.

[neonhypoxia]

Um... To begin with if I don't like them they aren't my friends. The people you work with aren't friends by default. Most of the people I work with are atheists anyways, so yeah... No big deal there. But as for my actual friends, yeah quite a few of them are christians. However most of them don't ever really talk about their religion. And the ones who do don't tend to know their own religion at all that well and have found not to get into discussions with me about it. Wouldn't mind the conversation if they knew much about it, but most don't. Sort of annoying when you know more about someone else's religion than they do. However there are a few they do know some about their own religion, and sometimes it does come up in conversation. I'm very rarely the one to bring it up though.

[GoJu]

being cuban I have plenty of family, friends, and teachers who are christian, and a few friends and teachers who are muslims and I get along with them just fine; of course I'll come to an agreement more with my atheist/agnostic friends but I don't have a problem with my religious ones

[ONtop888]

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/ONtop888

L-o-L .

[Heavy_Beats]

OP, some of my friends are christian and I just ignore their nonsense since it is mostly harmless to me. On one occasion however I unsuspectingly went to a christian social event and their bizarre christian rituals were so creepy I cut those cranks out of my life.

My advice is if this girl is bothering you with her voodoo just distance yourself from her, if it does not bother you then let sleeping dogs lie. I would not bother trying to exorcise her since it probably will not work, it could get messy and she probably is not worth the trouble.

[CaptainGorgeous]

wait....wut?

I like debating smart people...?

[Maiar]

I like debating smart people...?

I think he was taking a stab at christian's implying they aren't smart.

[Behemoko]

Yes because they don't go around trying to convert people. You're asking if we like our friends? Of course, otherwise they wouldn't be our friends, lol.

[Vagitarian]

I think he was taking a stab at christian's implying they aren't smart.

I get annoyed by my friend's religiousness, he's Christian. He agrees that lots of the Bible is bullshit yet still calls himself Christian, he believes that there is some kind of god...pretty stupid imo. He wastes his time sometimes going to church and I just lol at him.

I know more about his religion than he does, and I always defeat any argument he has.

Also my cousins are hardcore Christians, their mom brainwashed them in church since they were young. Pretty sad...too lazy to post picture of my ******** where my cousin was coming at me because of a lulzy timothy 2:12 quote

[MitchTheBoss]

Pls do^^