I have a friend who just won't STOP talking about it. I'm Muslim, proud to be one. I don't need her to shove her beliefs down my throat cos I sure as hell don't do that to her. Also, she 'teaches' me how to lead my life as a Muslim. It's starting to get really annoying...
2007-09-26 05:37:18 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I like being her friend, I have no problems being friends with Non-Muslims. Except this little thing is starting to get on my nerves. I do not want to be rude and offend her, like how she has offended me. And no, I'm not going to chop her head off either...Sicko...
2007-09-26 05:43:44 · update #1
You should tell her that she is offending you as you have told us here on Y!A. If she is truly your friend then as a Christian she will understand. I know how you feel. I too am Christian but I don't try to drag people into my beliefs. I think that how you treat others, regardless of their beliefs, is more important than how you believe yourself.
2007-09-26 08:27:51 · answer #1 · answered by Emissary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know EXACTLY what you mean – I find church services very embarrassing, and I'm a Christian! I've managed to find a compromise that works for me, but what to do about your friend . . . She'll just have to accept that she's done all she can for now. If she keeps on at you she'll lose your friendship, and the friendship of other people too. Even a local pastor said to me that Jehovah's Witnesses get themselves disliked, by knocking on doors and trying to “push” the Christian message. In a way, your friend is herself showing a lack of faith. You come from a Christian family, you have a sense of right and wrong, you believe in a higher power, and you keep an open mind – you're half way there already. She must now leave the rest to God. Quote to her Jesus' words “Other sheep have I that are not of this fold”. That can be interpreted in many ways – maybe there are aliens on other planets, and Jesus appeared to them in a different form (like Aslan, in C S Lewis' Narnia stories, where he imagines a world of talking animals). But maybe that saying about “other sheep” applies to people who are unable to accept Christianity as such, but still lead good lives; practising the Christian virtues of kindness, tolerance, integrity, etc. I have very good friends like that, and would not presume to try to convert them unless they brought up the subject. I don't entirely agree with you when you say “ I believe people should believe what they want to believe”. Is it not better to say “I believe people should act according to what they find to be true?”. Perhaps that's what you meant! I'm happy to continue the debate by email if you wish, but I hope that helps you, and your friend, and enables you to maintain your friendship.
2016-05-19 00:53:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont tell her off, but talk to her. It even says in our own bible that we shouldn't shove our beliefs down the throats of others, but let them come freely. It's ok to be a offended just tell her how you feel. if your freindship doesn't last because of it your not really freinds to begin with
2007-09-26 05:42:37 · answer #3 · answered by sunscour 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Challenge their beliefs and debate in a respectable way.
Learn more about what they believe and it make you appreciate Islam !
Most Christians have become Muslim by trying to convert a Muslim .
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2007-09-26 05:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's a tough one even for Christians. I have good friend who is a Pentacostal and keeps sending me stuff about the imminent end of the world.
I still haven't found a way to tell him enough is enough already.
You have to stand up for your own beliefs, but people who define themselves strongly by their religion will take it hard when you tell them to keep it to themselves.
2007-09-26 05:41:53 · answer #5 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
She only does it because she knows you are destined for hell as long as you are a follower of Islam. The Christian faith assures you if you have a faith in Christ as Lord and Savior you repent of your sins you will go to heaven. This is what she desires for you. The scriptures tell us to go into all the world and preach the gospel that they might hear the good news!
2007-09-26 05:46:20 · answer #6 · answered by Steiner 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
In calm measured tones simply tell him or her exactly what you posted, that it bothers you when he or she talks about Jesus because it makes you feel disrespected and judged for being a Muslim. Something like that.
2007-09-26 05:40:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Stay away from her. If she stalks you down, tell her you don't want to talk about religion.
2007-09-26 05:49:24 · answer #8 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop being on the defensive and start trying to convert your friend and talk about Islam every time she gets her Jesus engine going.
that should do the trick.
2007-09-26 05:40:25 · answer #9 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sounds like you need to tell her, in a kind way, what you just told us.
2007-09-26 05:42:41 · answer #10 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋