(July 22, 2018 at 2:16 am)robvalue Wrote: If someone tells you that you're going to hell, in a non-joking way, they deserve anything that gets said back to them in my opinion.People tell me I'm going to hell all the time. Then they say they'll pray for me. I currently have 6 people praying for me everyday.
I don't think I've ever talked to a theist about their beliefs in person. I would actually enjoy it, I think, as long as they made a genuine effort to be honest. I'm mostly surrounded by atheists in England, or at least people who don't care about religion.
I live surrounded by theists. So much so that I can only count around 5 atheists as close friends in real life. I usually love conversing with theists about god and religion, learning their POVs and telling them about mine. And, as Joods said, we have an unspoken rule to be respectful for the purpose of both friendship and discussion.
(July 22, 2018 at 9:12 am)Joods Wrote: Set boundaries with your friends. Limits are good for any relationship and if you value your friends, the boundaries you set will go a long way in maintaining that friendship.I do have boundaries with them. But unfortunately, not disrespecting my country is not a boundary they are ready to set, because they simply don't understand how I can compare that to boundaries about respecting religion. That was the point of my post. But yeah, I do try my best to not offend them. It's just not worth it, in the big scheme of things.
(July 22, 2018 at 9:50 am)Little Rik Wrote: In this case would you be surprised to find out that God strongly disagree with all religions?If there really is an all powerful being out there, and he does not disagree with all religions as they have manifested today, then we are doomed.
Oh, by the way........do you know that not all theists believe in religions?
And yes, I know that not all theists believe in religions. I have a friend like that. I was mainly talking about those that do, of course.
The word bed actually looks like a bed.
