(January 21, 2017 at 10:10 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: 100% depends on the following:
1) How close we were to begin with. I'm a lot more tolerant of close friends, more so when it comes to religion.
2) How much they need to have conversations that are damaging to our friendship.
Most of the time, if I know a friend has a starkly differing opinion than mine, I will just avoid those conversations.
I agree with this.
I have friends back in my rural hometown that I've known since the 70s and 80s and I know at least a few voted for Trump. But why would I let some douchebag like Trump come between our friendship? They are my friends and we have plenty of other topics to talk about besides politics or religion. As long as they don't criticize my personal beliefs, we're fine.
It was also my own willingness to listen to divergent points of view that led me to atheism.
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