RE: My best friends mom just died an hour ago.
July 15, 2014 at 4:30 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2014 at 4:31 pm by MJ the Skeptical.)
(July 15, 2014 at 4:27 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(July 15, 2014 at 4:10 pm)Godslayer Wrote: Not too difficult? no offense, but you're being kind of a dick to me about my friends mom dying. He is a theist, he didn't just call me and I wish I could just ditch work but my boss just told me no so I had to tell my friend to wait a few hours. You're making a lot of presumptions about the situation that you have no business making. I'm surprised you're getting kudos for your presumptuous tone.
The question you asked is whether you should behave differently because he's a theist. The answer is really no. He needs comfort not a theological debate. If you can't go right now, you can't. But it isn't a theist/atheist question. If you are the person or even one of the persons he called, you are one of the persons he wants.
I'm assuming you are a good friend and he know it because he called you.
I really appreciate your clarification, but it still doesn't change the fact that he is almost certainly going to ask me tough questions. Pardon me if I overreacted, I'm sort of overwhelmed right now.
If the hypothetical idea of an afterlife means more to you than the objectively true reality we all share, then you deserve no respect.
