suppose you met one of your old good friends from school,but there is a problem...?

Question

the problem is that now you are an atheist and he is a conservative religious person,would it be possible to continue your friendship after you talked about this?i mean respecting one's belief,the religious guy will assume that you are mentally retarded but he will respect(!) that and you might accept the same for that guy,wouldnt it be a very fake friendship this way?

the real question is would you become friends with someone who thinks you are mentally retarded,and your answer is yes?

Answer 1

I don't see it as a problem when I have different views to my close friends we agree not to discuss the matter

Answer 2

Hi! I just asked a question near to this one. No i'm not an atheist but i believe that if he respects what you are despite what you're believing in and doesnt take into much account of your spirituality pathway, i dont see the problem in friendship. No doubt if he's religiously pious, by definition that would mean he knows and understands the religion very well to the extend to accept you as who you are AS A FRIEND. For instance, Christianity values friendship very much and i'm sure if he's a stounge Christian, he'll never treat you as mentally retarded but as a beginning to a wonderful spiritual journey together. It has a huge effort to work on this, and believe me, God will change anything in this world in His will, even an atheist. And God loves everyone. Bottom line - if your friend is a truly conservative person, he/she ought to know the religion very well in coming to terms to accept a person as a friend. Yes, the friendship will blossom and it's not fake. It's a journey towards an unexpected ending. Good luck.

Answer 3

For a friendship? There shouldn't be a problem if you can each respect that the other has certain beliefs. These are pretty much the extreme opposites. Instead of believing that the other is retarded, just chalk it up to the circumstances of your lives.

Answer 4

You can disagree with a particular belief of a friend with out thinking they are retarded, at least mature adults can. I would hope there is other common ground in your friendship. You just have to agree to disagree on that subject and not always be try to change each others opinion.

Answer 5

Clearly that depends on you and your old friend. You, or any of us on Yahoo Answers cannot speak for your friend.

Ask yourself, can YOU maintain a respectful friendship with a conservative Christian? That's as far as you can take it. Your friend will have to speak for him/her self.

The general answer is, yes, it can happen and does all the time. Without, at least, some of us maintaining respectful tolerance, we would ALL be at each other's throats until only one point of view was left.

Last time I looked outside, there were still plenty of Christians, atheists and others living and working together.

(Message to "golden oldy" How is it you still think it is all right to refer to a different point of view as "retarded?" For one who seems to think of herself as enlightended and tolerant, the use of this term is highly hurtful.)

Answer 6

It may be possible but the subjects of conversations and types of activities will obviously have to be thought about carefully.

If the Christian is of the mindset that, "to each his own" and respects you and your decision.

Answer 7

ya just tlk about something else so yous willn ot be aggreing with eachother keep religon from ur friendship

Answer 8

sure i don't really see a problem

Answer 9

why not