I'm atheist and my friend keeps trying to convert me to Christianity what do i do?

Question

im in 9th grade and eversince 7th grade my friends been trying to convert me what should i do?
discuss.

Answer 1

Tell her I value your friendship but I have my own belief system. Then politely steer the conversation to another topic. Try to salvage the friendship but if she won't respect your wish not to talk about religion then you may have no choice but to seek other friends. Good Luck.

Answer 2

Tell him that everybody is free of choice. Why would people not be able to put up together? We're not kids fighting who's the best: superman or spiderman. Tell him you hope that you can put up together and stay friends even if the choices are different.

You could learn from each other and explain your point of view without forcing it upon others. If it's a sensitive subject do not further discuss it in his absence.

Tell him this. If he's reasonable and mature, he'll understand. My uncle is muslim and I'm atheist. My mother is christian. I don't see any problem here. People trying to push their ideals and toughts on others need to learn that there will always be differences. After all two identical persons do not exist.

Answer 3

QUESTION: Does your friends do this every single day - every minute of the day or once in a while?

If it is continual without let up (be sure thats the case to start with) and just explain to them - "Look - you are my friend but nagging me all the time just gets old. If you want to talk once in a while, fine, I can deal with that."

Christians are supposed to witness - spread the good news, convince and explain salvation..., BUT.., we cant go busting down doors and be in their faces 24/7.

Just know this; If they didn't care about you they would not even bother - and their concern is for your soul. The time is closer than it ever has been, and the Antichrist is overdue. He will rise from the Middle East and will be Muslim or at least come from out of the Islam religion and they will call him the Mahdi (or Mehdi).

Non the less - think about these things and don't quite shut the door on them. They love you and do not mean to be nags.

Answer 4

Tell them to respect you. Tell them that you have heard the argument, and are not interested. Say that they need to think about their beliefs, and that is how you feel about yours. If they don't stop, I would start trying to convert them, and get rude about it. If they don't let you go, then they are not good friends, and you need new ones. A good debate is OK once so often, but if they make a big deal about it, that is bad. We are all different, and religion should be no more important than taste in music etc. If they keep up, tell them to f*** off, of churches will burn.

Answer 5

Neither is your being atheist nor your friends being a devout Christian of any relevance at this tender age. In India it is said that until you enter teens anything done or not done by you has not relevance. So don't bother overmuch about this. Tell your friend that you would consider his propoosal when you grow up and think it over.Who know then you may be in a position to convert him to your way of thinking. In any case keep your kind open.

Answer 6

if you truly don't believe something, then you won't believe it by just "converting"
It is like this
Do you believe that Australia exists (supposing you have not been there and have to take it on faith)? Can you decide that you don't believe it?
If you believe something that is taken on faith, then you cannot choose not to believe it and visa-versa. That would negate the idea of believing.
Try and tell your friend that you don't have to believe in God or not for Him to really exist and that it also won't change what happens to you after you die.
If Christ died for our sins and that is how we go to Heaven etc. then everybody is going. What Christianity conveniently leaves out is that you can do nothing for your own salvation BC Christ already did what man couldn't. By adhering to the idea that there is something you can do to save yourself, you are saying that Christ didn't do enough. The church wants you to believe this so you will keep going out of fear and give money to the church to be a "good and faithful" christian yadda yadda.
I believe Christ died for every person on earth and that people all have their own beliefs and should be respected for that and left alone. I disagree with the church BC they teach self judgment and judgment of others. Exactly the opposite of what Christ did on earth.
Just listen to yourself and know that inside of you are all the answers. Listen to your heart.
I also loved the answer "pray about it"--that is hilarious
You could also try to convert her to atheism.JK

Answer 7

You switched over to Atheism ?? Did you partake in the seven secret ceremonies ? possibly you in straightforward terms think of you're an Atheist and are relatively a Christian deep interior. Thank your chum for worrying approximately you and be a solid chum to her. tell her which you will pray for her too.

Answer 8

What have you been doing for the past two years? Whatever it is, it must be working since you're still unconverted. You could point this out to her and suggest that she go away and learn some better arguments before making another attempt, since nothing has had any effect on you so far.

It's unlikely that she'll take this advice, so if her friendship is important to you then you'll just have to spend a certain (minimum) amount of time listening politely and saying thanks, but no thanks.

Answer 9

Politely tell them to respect you, or get new friends. It is not Christian to force your religion on others', because Jesus himself said that. He believed religion should be a private thing between you and your god, not something to be shoved down other people's throats.

All of these Jesus freaks in this thread are un-Christian by telling you to convert when you don't want to. Ignore the fanatics.

Answer 10

Tell her you want to stay friends, but you don't want to talk about that stuff anymore. Respect her decision to believe and ask her to respect your decision not to. Maybe you could ask her to do an activity with you where you are both helping people. Like do some community service project together and say that you can still be a good person without believing in God and you want her to fully understand that and respect you.

Answer 11

Give what your friend tells you some thought. (S)he may be onto something. Keep your mind open. I'm a Christian, and I believe the Bible with my whole heart. I would never force you to convert though, because forced belief is no faith at all and is meaningless. Your friend is trying to help you because (s)he cares about your soul. I know it's nearly impossible to see that from your perspective, but just keep an open mind about it.