Need Advice w/ Christian Friend
January 16, 2015 at 10:47 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2015 at 10:51 pm by DeadChannel.)
So, this is a series of events that happened today.
- Guy from my drama class starts asking me questions about atheism. Let's call him Ralph.
He's not in any way religious, just curious about arguments for atheism. I have a reputation for being familiar with most of said arguments, as well as their pro theist counterparts.
- At the end, he jokingly asks about pascal's wager. He's not serious at all, so I say "god dammit Ralph". The bell rings and I got to French class.
- Later, I'm talking to another friend (let's call her Lisa) about something unrelated. She happens to be Christian, but she doesn't know that I'm an atheist. We're pretty good friends, but I wouldn't trust her to have a good reaction to me coming out.
-Ralph see me and walks over. He asks "how come you said god dammit if god doesn't exist?"
She looks over at him, clearly very offended, saying something along the lines of "don't you know I'm Christian? Th--that's terrible".
She looks over at me, expecting me to back her up. I remain silent. After a few moments, she asks "you believe in god, don't you?"
I tell her the truth and try to explain that I'm still the same person, etc.
She's not willing to hear any of it. She runs away, clearly deeply offended.
I'm not going back to school until Monday. I really need some advice with this, as she was quite a good friend. Is there any chance of her coming to terms?
Thanks.
- Guy from my drama class starts asking me questions about atheism. Let's call him Ralph.
He's not in any way religious, just curious about arguments for atheism. I have a reputation for being familiar with most of said arguments, as well as their pro theist counterparts.
- At the end, he jokingly asks about pascal's wager. He's not serious at all, so I say "god dammit Ralph". The bell rings and I got to French class.
- Later, I'm talking to another friend (let's call her Lisa) about something unrelated. She happens to be Christian, but she doesn't know that I'm an atheist. We're pretty good friends, but I wouldn't trust her to have a good reaction to me coming out.
-Ralph see me and walks over. He asks "how come you said god dammit if god doesn't exist?"
She looks over at him, clearly very offended, saying something along the lines of "don't you know I'm Christian? Th--that's terrible".
She looks over at me, expecting me to back her up. I remain silent. After a few moments, she asks "you believe in god, don't you?"
I tell her the truth and try to explain that I'm still the same person, etc.
She's not willing to hear any of it. She runs away, clearly deeply offended.
I'm not going back to school until Monday. I really need some advice with this, as she was quite a good friend. Is there any chance of her coming to terms?
Thanks.
