Atheists: Can You Still Accept X'n Friends?

[Foxaèr]

I'm just happy that everyone here loves me.

[J a c k]

I don't think I have any theist friends left. Religion was a big part of my life and I hate that part of my life. I'm allergic to it. I don't pick atheist or deist friends on purpose, but I simply don't attract theist company. I certainly would NOT date a Christian or any fundie of any religion (even if they were bad at it). Nope. No way. I love my theist cousins, though. I love them to pieces! They love me back, though, so they never try to shower me with the Babble stuff. We keep it awesome.

[Exfundy]

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."

I am not quite that confrontational...yet. I think it though.

[Whateverist]

Maybe you should say "sure, it couldn't hurt to take a moment to do nothing."

I am not quite that confrontational...yet. I think it though.

Yeah, me neither in RL.  But in the theatre of my mind, it's fun to imagine.

As for the OP though, I think to make friends with a known xtian I'd have to be pretty taken with their character/personality.  Otherwise, I'd not be likely to pursue it.

[vorlon13]

I think I've mentioned this before;

I have several friends in MCC. To the extent it bebothers, vexes and annoys the fundamentalists and evangelicals knowing there is a gay denomination out and about, I'm all for it.

But I realize it's just as false as the rest of them.

As an active player in organizing gay related events. protests, community activism, politics, etc. I see MCC fulfilling a significant role beyond the window dressing of Christianity.


MCC events are nice place to pickup guys too, he said from experience . . .

[Whateverist]

MCC = Muslim Community Center?

[Edwardo Piet]

Multinational Condom Cabin?

[Fake Messiah]

I don't think I could. I had a friend like that once and we were walking down the street when he suddenly stopped all terrified which made me upset as well and I started asking "What's wrong?" The problem was the black cat was about to cross our path!! He quickly gathered some stones and started throwing them at the cat as well as cursing, but the cat got frightened and just ran across our path quickly. So his solution was to go around the line that the black cat walked.
I mean it's so sad. You think these people are normal but then all of a sudden that damage that their parents did to their brain bursts out, because this guy went from normal to terrified like he's gonna die in few seconds - all because of a fucking cat! They believe black cats are witches or something.
And from then on it always seemed to me when I see black cat on the street that it's kind of nervous when it sees humans because other religious people are likely to go berserk in when they see it coming.

[robvalue]

I have a questionnaire covering the 235,873 most important issues to me. It's very important my friends agree with me on every single point. And change their opinion whenever I do, too.

[CapnAwesome]

Sure. It's good to get a wide variety of beliefs in your social circle. What's the harm in hearing someone else's views on life?

That said, I don't have any really. However, I have a lot who are into supernatural hippie mumbo jumbo, so what's the difference? If they are going to yammer on about Christianity all the time, they better be ready to listen to my ideas on life.