what should I do about my religious friend? (lemmings.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by blackwitch@lemmings.world to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

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So my (formerly agnostic, now atheist) friend (Christian) is very Christian and obsesses over it. Her only friends besides me are Christian and all they talk about is the Bible, Jesus, and God. She also tries to "convert" people. She tried to convert me by asking what my relationship with God as like, if I read the Bible, etc. and tried to get me to apologize to God for being agnostic and not Christian "for Christianity is the only true religion and He will come soon".

She constantly talks about it like I said and constantly tries to get me to convert every time we talk.

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[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ask her which christian god she identifies with and ask her if she'd apologize to the other christian gods for picking the wrong one. Then she can move on to the other abrahamic religions with related but different gods that are apparently worth killing each other over. Then it is time to do a polite check in with the other non-abrahamic world religion gods and pay her respects because I mean what if. And after that it is worth mentioning that the abandoned religions that were the precursors to all variants of christianity might actually be the right one, unless she is prepared to admit that the current one she believes in might also be wrong because it is actually a future evolution that finally got it right...

Of course this is just a smug elaboration to point out the absurdity of the situation.

Personally I'd probably just quietly drop them from my social circle.

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