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Questions: atheist/theist friends
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RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends
(July 16, 2013 at 10:56 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: 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?

That isn't something I can give a blanket answer to, because it depends on a number of factors.

I put up with all kinds of inconveniences from certain family members because I love them and care about them. I have no doubt that they do the same for me, even knowing that I don't believe in god. My older sister and her daughter pepper Facebook with religious-themed pap, but they're both awesome people and I have no desire to cause them any grief over it.

I have a relatively few close friends, the sort of people who are not (or would not be) fazed by my lack of belief. The sort of people who'd go through a wall for me, knowing I'd do the same. I'm willing to inconvenience myself for them because I know they'd do the same for me. Among the religious ones I wouldn't ask them to compromise their beliefs for my sake; they're good people and I'm not going to lay something like that on the conscience of someone who has been so good to me.

Everyone else... it depends. I'm generally a pretty accommodating person and willing to respect other people, occasionally even when they don't return the courtesy. But there's a line there somewhere, where I'd make it clear that whatever they're demanding isn't going to happen because being a nice person doesn't give others a license to be a fuckwad in return. Unless you allow it, anyway.
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RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by genkaus - July 17, 2013 at 12:00 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by Angrboda - July 17, 2013 at 2:24 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by fr0d0 - July 17, 2013 at 5:38 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by Cyberman - July 17, 2013 at 6:25 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by Cyberman - July 18, 2013 at 4:58 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by Silver - July 18, 2013 at 5:03 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by fr0d0 - July 18, 2013 at 6:25 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by Silver - July 18, 2013 at 6:27 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by Gilgamesh - July 18, 2013 at 5:27 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by fr0d0 - July 18, 2013 at 6:55 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by fr0d0 - July 18, 2013 at 7:29 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by Cyberman - July 18, 2013 at 7:57 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by Tonus - July 18, 2013 at 11:37 am
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by fr0d0 - July 18, 2013 at 6:08 pm
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by pocaracas - July 18, 2013 at 5:44 pm
RE: Questions: atheist/theist friends - by fr0d0 - July 19, 2013 at 3:24 am

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