Strange Famous

Ok, there is this girl, and I only know her online (she is from CA) but I really like her, and we were really good friends for a while... but I just feel like I am ruining it cos we cant stop arguing about politics and religion, not just when we talk but she also posts on the same board I do (not this one) and picks up on things I say there, and then IM's me saying how sad it makes her and so on...

She is a devout Christian (believes that the Old Testament and New Testament are the true and inarguable word of God), is anti-gay, anti-abortion. Politically, she voted for Bush, she supports the war in Iraq and the US Soldiers there.

I think it is fair to say, in this community for example, there is a good chance that there is no one here to the left of me. My world view is i pretty much taken from Marx and Pannokiek (sic?) , I am a pacifist.. and while I dont actually act on any of my convictions (I am a low level manager for a fuel sales company) the things she believes arent just opposite to me, they are very very difficult for me to accept at all. (and maybe she feels the same way about me, although I dont think she knows very much about Marxism, and just thinks the word "communist" means Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot)...

I really do like her though, she is a really sweet girl, and we get on v well, until we talk about anything political or religious - obviously, I try not to bring those things up, but sometimes they do, and sometimes I just cant hold my tounge. She isnt really aggressive in arguments, just always says what I say is "sad".

I just wondered, does anyone have any likewise experience? Can something like this work? Should I just keep trying to not bring things up, bite my tounge when they do, find a different message board to her to post on... or can you never be friends when you both believe things that are abhorent to the other person?

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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."

The Gospel of Thomas