Wanna know why? Because he's a bigoted, fundamentalist Christian and I'M NOT. He allowed his own faith to get in the way of over nine years of memories just because the two of us don't see eye to eye. He defriended me, saying that he can't have anything to do with me until I "return to God". I don't know about any of you, but when someone defriends me, I tend to take it VERY personally.
Let's get one thing straight. I believe that God had a hand in the shaping of the universe, and I find the stories in the Bible to be more or less true. I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior. But apparently, that's not good enough for this guy. He is one of those guys who will ***** at you at the slightest hint of a swear word, if you go out to a bar, or if you just flat-out don't agree with his every word and thought.
I admit that during my teen years I used to be somewhat like this... all I can say about that is that time does strange things to people. I know that what he's doing isn't the right thing, but I have no way of convincing him of that. Time literally is the only thing that can possibly change him. Until then, I guess we're stuck as enemies...
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Sorry dude. Just remember, Christ preached a message of love and forgiveness, so keep up with that. It sucks for people to turn on you like that, but all you can do is be open to reconciliation.
What was the particular dispute, if you don't mind my asking?
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Willis, it seems like every other time you post, I need to look up a word that's in the OED or Urban Dictionary but not both.
-Mimir
I hope it's more like, until that time you're stuck as two people who don't talk to each other much. No reason to be enemies. From what I can tell, he's wrong and you're right, if that helps. Sorry this happened. I had a falling out, a couple years ago, with a friend I'd known like 15 or 16 years, and it's not really any better now than it was then, although we did agree to play in the same D&D group (but then for unrelated reasons it didn't end up happening).
That really sucks, dude. Jesus predicted that His message would be divisive, but that doesn't make it any less painful. All I can advise is that if you get the chance, show your friend what the Christ he's missing out on is really like.
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CSBE FTW!
DarthMarth - Better than a bowl of Cheerios.
Because D&D teaches devil worship?
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Willis, it seems like every other time you post, I need to look up a word that's in the OED or Urban Dictionary but not both.
-Mimir
Black Leaf died for our sins.
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"…and the colonel was certainly not going to waste his time and energy making love to beautiful women unless there was something in it for him."
Long story short, he's a wannabe-puritan evangelist who thinks that I need to be saved. Anyone on here who's friends with me on Facebook have probably seen him write ****ty remarks to me, here and there, and what's worse about it is that thinks he's helping me on my spiritual walk by arguing with me and trying to prove that everything I believe in is wrong and he is right in every way because he thinks his interpretation of the Bible is the right one. Now he and his wife won't have anything to do with me until I accept that they are right and I am wrong.
To think I used to behave that way, several years ago... it makes me sick!!!
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Zach, I know exactly what you're going through. My friend's mom is the biggest Catholic hypocrite on two feet; she preaches, preaches, preaches at you, but she justifies poor behavior (such as calling teenage girls s****) by saying she's "correcting moral behavior". She got so bad that she tried to perform an Internet exorcism on me when I said I didn't 100% agree that abortion was wrong. 99% wasn't good enough for her... Because of this, it's impossible to maintain a friendship with my friend because of her mom. I want to be friends with her, but her mom is being a huge troll and not letting us be friends. Personally, I have more important things to deal with.
The point is, you can't win with people like this. They are stuck in their own little world of what's "right" and won't bend or change for nothing. They're never going to see eye-to-eye with anybody that doesn't agree with their position. It's unfortunate, but sometimes you just have to move on. What's important is that you value the friendship you had with this person for however long and then just move on with your life. It's really the best option because dealing with people like this is very aggravating. Really, it doesn't sound like it's worth your time...
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