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Originally posted by docbungle
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I'm just curious. I've been on these boards a bit now and you seem to be the most outspoken atheist here. Do you happen to have any good friends who believe in God?
Most of my close friends are "atheists for life" and yet we still get along fine, even though I believe in God. We don't push our views on each other, and if we talk about religion, we're just giving each other shit, because we're friends and we can do that. True friends, I believe, can talk about whatever without their stupid beliefs getting in the way.
I guess what I'm asking is: If someone believes in God, do you discredit them as a person because of that? I mean, obviously, if they don't shove their views down your throat. Is it possible for the two of you to get along without religion coming up?
Hope I didn't offend.
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I have many friends who are very religious. Actually, all of my friends IRL believe in god. I don't have a problem with someone believing in a higher power, but what I do have a problem with is most of my friends who do believe try to force their religion upon me. They try to convert me almost every single time I see them, which happens to be daily. I will admit that I do have some friends who have no clue that I'm atheist and it's because I don't go running around like a madman saying, "Look at me! I'm atheist and you better be too." That's basically what religious people do. They preach and try to force things upon people who aren't interested. My friends who I have debated this with have basically said that there is no way in hell that I will ever be converted. It's absolutely impossible. Yet the continue with their bullshit.
I dated a christian girl for a while and I told her from day one that I was atheist so if it was a problem for her it wouldn't go anywhere. She said that she didn't have a problem and I had no problem with her being religious...... Until she tried to convert me all the time and sick her family on me. Every single time a met a new family member of hers her mom would tell them I was atheist. People don't realize what a big deal that is. I was judged as a pile of shit with no morals the second I met these people. Most never even bothered to get to know me. The funny thing is most of them cheated on their wives/husbands or treated their families like shit and did way too many drugs and drank too fucking much, but I'm the one with no morals!? I do none of that shit, and I don't need to believe in a god to know the difference between right and wrong. I also remember the day that her mother asked me about religion. Luckily, she knew me enough to know what I'm all about, but she still tried to convert me all the damn time. When I told her I was atheist she cried her eyes out because until that point I was the greatest guy she ever knew, and my girlies mom's opinion of me being atheist was a big reason I finally broke up with her. It created many problems, and now I will never date another christian girl because I knw she won't be able to handle the fact that I don't believe. Her and her family always said that they felt sorry for me because my life was so empty. I heard it so many times that I couldn't take it any more and I told them all to
fuck off!
It's always a fucking struggle and it does nothing but piss me off when people don't mind their fucking business and keep their noses up their own asses. I have never and will never tell anyone to believe as I do. So if I seem to get shitty about this kind of crap then I apologize, but I have many reasons for being this way and I don't have the time to type it all out.
You asked if I discredit people for believing in god.... The ones who shove their shit in my face I absolutely do discredit them and think they're morons. People who don't try to convert me I have plenty of respect for.
And no, you didn't offend. I almost never get offended.