Questions: atheist/theist friends
July 16, 2013 at 10:56 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2013 at 11:26 pm by pineapplebunnybounce.)
So, something happened few days back. Basically because of a friend's religious beliefs and practices, i was put in a position where i had to do something i didn't want to do. i don't really want to go into details because it's rather a unique situation and i don't want my friend to see this. it wasn't that i had to do something that's against my moral values, just it really inconvenienced me, and i wish i didn't have to do it, and all because of a silly religious belief.
This bothered me quite a bit, because i'm still thinking about it today.
most of my friends are not religious, if they are ... well they might as well be atheists for all the impact religion has on their lives. i've never really minded having theists friends, i've rarely had to accommodate their beliefs to the point where i would stop and think (this, of course, is an exception).
But now I do wonder, how is this supposed to work? Are atheists the ones who have to do the accommodating? Simply because atheists don't believe in anything and theists believe they'll go to hell if they don't practice certain things?
So my question to you all (theists and atheists alike), is this: do you mind if your friends have religious practices that inconveniences you? do you find it slightly less convenient to be around theists (theists: of your own religion, and of other religions)? if you were in my shoes, what would you have done and would you mind?
I do realize that not all theists have religious practices. But yeah, the questions kinda assume you do have them. When I was a christian, i certainly preferred to be with other christians, because i don't feel weird when i do certain things like giving thanks for food, referring to god in conversations and such. Now, while i'm not gonna drop all my theist friends and make new atheist friends, because i like my theist friends quite a bit, i do wish that my theists friends magically became atheists.
This bothered me quite a bit, because i'm still thinking about it today.
most of my friends are not religious, if they are ... well they might as well be atheists for all the impact religion has on their lives. i've never really minded having theists friends, i've rarely had to accommodate their beliefs to the point where i would stop and think (this, of course, is an exception).
But now I do wonder, how is this supposed to work? Are atheists the ones who have to do the accommodating? Simply because atheists don't believe in anything and theists believe they'll go to hell if they don't practice certain things?
So my question to you all (theists and atheists alike), is this: do you mind if your friends have religious practices that inconveniences you? do you find it slightly less convenient to be around theists (theists: of your own religion, and of other religions)? if you were in my shoes, what would you have done and would you mind?
I do realize that not all theists have religious practices. But yeah, the questions kinda assume you do have them. When I was a christian, i certainly preferred to be with other christians, because i don't feel weird when i do certain things like giving thanks for food, referring to god in conversations and such. Now, while i'm not gonna drop all my theist friends and make new atheist friends, because i like my theist friends quite a bit, i do wish that my theists friends magically became atheists.
