(January 26, 2009 at 8:27 pm)SilenceTheOppressors Wrote: I have, time and time again, said, and I quote: "I need you to understand where I'm coming from, and accept that this may be who I am." Her respone is always something to the extent of, "I can't accept that, and I won't give up on you." It's almost as if I'm some special case to her. The moment I admitted to my Atheist beliefs I went from her boyfriend to her charity case. As harsh as that seems, it's what I feel. In a few weeks she will be off to "Winterfest," where she will be saved, and repent her sins. I am not okay with that for the very reason my beliefs lie in Atheism. But I do not attempt to stop her. She pulled me aside one night and told me, "Kyle, this is something I have to do for myself. You might not approve, but this is just something I need to do," and I agreed. I wasn't going to try and stop her. I respect her and Christianity with everything in me, much like all other religions. But when the time came that I felt it was time I do something for myself (That something being opening up about my Atheism) she shunned the idea, and has since then repeatedly told me of my fate in Hell if I do not repent and devote myself to God's glory. So maybe she didn't call it, "God's glory," but that definately sums it up. None of my friends will agree to this either, I even had one tell me he'd never talk to me again.
Sometimes you have to face up to some absolutes in life. I'm not going to offer some cuddly, touchy-feely advice I'm afraid, cause that's not my style.
Maybe you need to find some new friends? And a new girlfriend?
I say this, and I know it's not what you want to hear, but medicine is often uncomfortable to take.
I would find it totally unacceptable to be threatened with the christian idea of " hell " just because I refuse to believe in and worship the christian god.
And who needs friends who require total acceptance of their faith?
Tough it out, seek out other atheists locally and farther afield....they will be there!
I think that in all aspects of life, the most important thing to be happy is to be content in your own mind.
Good luck!
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
