religious friends

[lukec]

To me, if a person is nice, and likeable, I could care less about what they believe in their private lives. If they bring it up to me I tell them straight up that I disagree with them and the reasons for it, and if they're offended by open dialogue like that then it's up to them not to stick around. But one of my close friends is religious, and we like many of the same things, and religion doesn't come up often, but when it does we have a civil discussion. Thinking about it now I have to say that he is no Y.E.C. by far, and believes that evolution is real, etc. But at the same time he goes to church every sunday, and has events with church groups. But that doesn't matter, because it frankly doesn't affect me at all. As long as a person isn't trying to make me believe what they believe, I can be friends with them. But to me, saying that someone can't be your friend because of what they believe is a snap judgement and excludes, I'm sure, many genuinely kind and fun people. I have another friend who believes in ghosts, and similar things I consider nonsense, but who cares? He's a fun guy.