do the majority of your close friends share the same belief/lack of belief system as you?

Question

why do you think that is?

most of my friends are pagan, but from different pagan paths. although i also have atheist, christian, catholic, and jewish friends. and some friends whose religion i don't even know.

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Answer 1

We don`t discuss religion ,That is why we are all still friends .We like each other and our beliefs are private ,as it should be .

Answer 2

Hmmm. I need to write this out to keep track I think. Luckily I don't have too many close friends.

1. Episcopalian.
2. Supposedly Catholic but really more agnostic.
3. Eclectic Pagan
4. Eclectic Pagan
5. Unitarian/Pagan
6. Atheist
7. Eclectic Pagan
8. Agnostic
9. Started out Christian, became a Messianic Jew, then Hindu, then Pagan, now a Born Again Christian. Otherwise known as confused.

Well, I can't say that the majority are Pagan, but that is the largest shared belief. Interesting.

Answer 3

My closest friends are all Asatru/Heathen, of one sort or another (Asatru is becoming almost as much of an umbrella term as Pagan in some ways, though we all have, at least, Northern Europe and more or less the same pantheon in common) and I've known some of them for as long as I've been heathen----it's how we met; there used to be a statewide heathen org here in Texas that held monthly sumbels and annual moots.

My work friends are mostly either Catholic or Baptist. It's that kind of town. :-)

Answer 4

I am an atheist. My closest friend is my husband. Although he certainly isn't practicing, he was raised Catholic and still has some of the values instilled in him.

Then I have a few very close friends, one of whom is Pagan, one of whom is Agnostic, one of whom is Christian (but not pushy about it) and one of whom is an ex-christian atheist just like me.

Religious beliefs can differ completely in my close circle as long as no one tries to force their opinions/beliefs on me, I'm cool with them.

Answer 5

The majority of the people that i associate with, all seem to have differing beliefs when it comes to spirituality. The most that any of us can agree on is that
1) God is Everything or God is Nothing
2) Regardless of what spiritual path you take, as long as it gives you peace and serenity and love to yourself and allows you to get out of "self" and makes you a better person....So be it.

I do know that a few of the people that i consider close friends, are of the Christian faith, and therefore more then likely do not think that my path is for them...but nevertheless, They do not push their views on me and are very respectful of my boundaries...
Those that do seem to show an interst in the craft, I can point out different books to guide them and educate them, but they usually do not wish to go through such an in-depth view of my chosen path. Once they figure out that its not all about controlling others, getting rich, or gaining insight to love potions, etc..etc... they usually back off.
As for my catholic and jewish friends, they are always there to answer questions for me about their faith and do not judge me for mine.
For that I am so grateful!

Blessings!
)o(
Trinity

Answer 6

No. I don't have any actual pagan friends but I have quite a few pagan cyber friends lol! My real life friends are either Christian or Atheist. Oh! and a Buddhist.

Answer 7

My friends have a variety of religious beliefs and philosophies. The religious spread covers just about everything, particularly if they are international friends.

I think the common thread is how we view participation in the community. Many have traveled or came from abroad and tend to embrace diversity rather than fear it. We hold our individual ideals in very serious regard, even if we banter in general about other things. We see clearly how our actions affect the world around us, even if our political affiliation can vary.

I'm going to start a schmaltzy ode to my wonderful friends if I keep going, so I'll stop here.

Answer 8

Surprisingly, the majority of my closest friends are NOT Christians. Two of my best friends are Wiccan, my husband recently became a theist (he was agnostic), and most of the rest of my friends are either agnostic, or atheist. My very best friend apart from my husband is an anti-theist. I only have a very few Christian friends.
And that's NOT counting my friends on here...I'll admit I have more Christian friends here than I do outside of here...but I believe that a person needs SOME sort of support system for whichever religion they choose.

Answer 9

my 3 closest friends are atheists, 2 of them have been my friends for over 13 years, so we've always thought alike. The other was my college roommate, so we bonded over movies and stuff, religion was the last thing to come up. The next inner circle is mostly Christian

Answer 10

Well for the most part my friends and I do not discuss religion. But I have friends that are Atheist, Wicca, Christian, Catholic, and Mormon. I am Druid. And no none of my christian Catholic or Mormon friends know what religion i am. It just keeps things simple. And keeps us out of heated discussions.

Answer 11

Pretty much everyone here in England is an atheist like me. 98% of people don't go to church except for the odd wedding etc. Religious people are regarded as the fringe here. With the exception of about half a dozen people, religion seems to play no part in the lives of my friends, family and colleagues.