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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 16, 2016 at 6:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2016 at 7:00 pm by RozKek.)
I'm an atheist. I don't believe in god because of lack of evidence and I don't think it's a dangerous lifestyle however I do think the theistic/religious form of god is dangerous and detrimental.
Many many of my friends are theists (although many aren't strictly religious). When I was a muslim I was good friends with most, when I told em' I was an atheist or they heard me talking about me being an atheist nothing really happened. I'm still as good friends with them as ever, I found it odd that the cockier guys that were hypocritical (as in they do haram while telling people to not haram) muslims were really chill about it telling me they respect my belief.
Although my closest and "goodest?" (I have a pet peeve against the term best friend(s)) friends are a mix of atheists, muslims, a deist and a christian.
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 16, 2016 at 7:34 pm
I'm an atheist, Type 1.
I have friends who are casual theists. Most of them give very little thought to religion in their daily lives; they may hunker down in prayer when shit hits the fan and, and that's about it. They don't preach, harass, or harangue people into accepting their beliefs.
They engage in the same shit atheists do. They're not stupid. They know how to "logic", and they're not crazy. The vast majority of Christian theists I know are NOT fundamentalist wack-jobs seeking to encroach on secular freedoms, and see their God's will be done.
They're just regular people who don't want to stay dead.
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 16, 2016 at 7:37 pm
(July 16, 2016 at 7:34 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I'm an atheist, Type 1.
I have friends who are casual theists. Most of them give very little thought to religion in their daily lives; they may hunker down in prayer when shit hits the fan and, and that's about it. They don't preach, harass, or harangue people into accepting their beliefs.
They engage in the same shit atheists do. They're not stupid. They know how to "logic", and they're not crazy. The vast majority of Christian theists I know are NOT fundamentalist wack-jobs seeking to encroach on secular freedoms, and see their God's will be done.
They're just regular people who don't want to stay dead.
I don't mind if I stay dead. But it hurts to think I won't see my daughter for any longer than about 65 years - hopefully.
That little girl is worth an eternity.
Sadly, life is limited.
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 18, 2016 at 3:25 pm
Friends, yes...family, sheesh!
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 18, 2016 at 3:30 pm
I have a few Christian friends. I mostly allow their silliness because they're good people and I love them.
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 18, 2016 at 3:53 pm
I usually don't inquire what people believe. Also, I would be hard pressed to remember any religious conversation I had in real life. Noone ever asked me and I asked noone. I've lost a few friends due to political disagreements but never because of religion. It just never comes up when I'm talking with people.
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 18, 2016 at 3:57 pm
I had to learn to love and like people who believed detestable things early in life. Couldn't get through my day if I let it weigh on me. It's a bit like that pervert uncle.....you know somethings not quite right with him, but you love him anyway.
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 19, 2016 at 1:55 am
In all the 20 years of my life, I've had friends of many different faiths/beliefs. Christians, Mormons, Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs, deists, other atheists, even a Pagan here and there. Never lost a friendship because of it. I think that as long as people have a decent degree of respect for each other's contrasting beliefs, there isn't a problem. My friends didn't push me about it and I didn't push them; religion isn't a subject we tended to gravitate towards anyway.
I guess so long as people are casual about it, where's the harm? I'm uncertain if I could ever maintain a friendship with someone who was a vigilant, active, in-your-face theist, but I rarely meet people like that, thank god.
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 21, 2016 at 11:31 pm
Most of my friends are, as I used to be. I get tired of the ones who always say, "We should pray for..." as if that is going to help.
You don't have to go down in my basement. - Dan Barker
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RE: Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?
July 22, 2016 at 12:39 am
(July 21, 2016 at 11:31 pm)Exfundy Wrote: Most of my friends are, as I used to be. I get tired of the ones who always say, "We should pray for..." as if that is going to help.
Maybe you should say "sure, it couldn't hurt to take a moment to do nothing."
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