Friends trying to 'save' me

[Alex K]

I would decline to join her in church just for her sake for one additional reason. I might be wrong, but here's my theory, which is mine: Church and all he stuff that comes with it probably means a lot to her, and if you go, you will probably find the service dishonest, boring, or even disgusting at times (I usually do). If you then tell your friend what you think, she will be personally hurt because it's a very personal place and experience for her. So you would have to lie about it, which doesn't help and will make you angry or annoyed in the long run because you might feel bad yourself for thinking like this. So I think it might be positively necessary that you don't go in order to protect your friendship.