RE: Friend turned to religion in bad way, please help.
June 29, 2013 at 10:22 am
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2013 at 10:26 am by freeman552.)
(June 29, 2013 at 5:28 am)pocaracas Wrote: Welcome to AF.org!
Enjoy your stay.
About your friend...well, what everyone else said...
You need to tell him he's not acting like himself. That you suspect it's because of the "supplements".
It's a facebook chat, not much you can do...
I told him that already, but to no avail. He insists he feels better and stronger with each day because of these supplements. Yeah it really sucks that facebook is the only option right now, ptentially I will be able to see him in person in about 2 weeks, only right now im not even sure if I want to :(
(June 29, 2013 at 3:30 am)Esquilax Wrote:(June 29, 2013 at 2:10 am)freeman552 Wrote: The dominant religion in this country (my country of origin) is orthodox christianity, so I would assume that is it.
I don't know, I tried explaining to him that I simply want to live my life otherwise. Some of his responses were: "Your view on the world is bulls**t", "You're stupid, if you want to live in darkness, go for it", and, simply, "you're a d***"...
Ask him if his god would really want him to be saying things like that. Remind him, quite forcefully if you have to, that right now he's acting as a representative of his religion when he gets into conversations like this with a nonbeliever, and that not only should he be acting in a way consistent with his own beliefs (despite the words in the bible, most christians seem to think theirs is a religion of peace) but in a way that will save you from hell. After all, if he's your friend, he must not want that for you, right?
It probably won't stop the arguments, but maybe it'll get him to stop and think, possibly conduct them in a more respectful way.
That is a good point! I will try approaching the situation that way. Thank you for your reply :)
