A very good friend of mine who is a (very) devout Christian once introduced me to his girlfriend. "This is the heathen I was telling you about," he told her. Her face absolutely blanched when he said that. "You call him that to his face!?" she asked in a not-so-subtle aside.
My friend and I tease each other incessantly (he's actually the one who started calling me 'Heathen'), but it's always good-natured. I respect him even though his beliefs seem ludicrous to me. He respects me even though he thinks he will be toasting marshmallows off my burning body for eternity. If only this were the worst byproduct of religious disagreement!
My friend and I tease each other incessantly (he's actually the one who started calling me 'Heathen'), but it's always good-natured. I respect him even though his beliefs seem ludicrous to me. He respects me even though he thinks he will be toasting marshmallows off my burning body for eternity. If only this were the worst byproduct of religious disagreement!
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