I'm Athiest. I use to go to church to be with my friends and my best friend every friday and sunday. I stopped because i would always find myself debating with them and it would bore me. I always ask her to hangout but she tells me to go to church. I always repeat myself telling her that i'm not interested in going. I don't want to be mean and yell at her asking her to stop asking me to go to church but when i try to be nice she doesn't get it...
I get the feeling she's asking me to go so i can be a christian again..but that's not going to happen.
How can I get her to stop asking me?
(Even if i don't ask her to hangout she still calls me and asks me why i didn't go to church)
2007-10-22 15:31:58 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
She knows I'm Athiest. We both argue all the time (but in a friendly way) It's fun. But when i would go to church they would prey and i would feel like i had to too. I have no problem with learning more about christianity and being around christians. She just doesn't really understand me...
We've been friends for over 8 years.
2007-10-22 15:41:45 · update #1
victor 7707: Thats EXACTLY what they say to me when i go to the church...NOT cool.
2007-10-22 15:47:39 · update #2
How am i being wrath? It's okay you don't need to pray for me. I have common sense i don't need to follow christ.
2007-10-22 15:54:45 · update #3
Going might not get her to stop. I had a Christian friend; I went with her to church once, and then she started asking every weekend.
Tell your friend that you really don't want to go. If she still tries to make you, you might want to reconsider the friendship. That's what I ultimately had to do. A real friend respects your choices.
2007-10-22 15:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by JavaGirl ~AM~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well hey you can do some reaserch about hell, I have done extended research, and quess what Hell is mans commin grave, if your barried 6ft. under then thats hell, if your thrown in the sea that hell, its where your dead body decomposes, people think the soul and the body are seperate,but in the Bible it says this Ecclesiastes 9:5, For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten, Tell him that your not going to hell, and he is imperfect too, that he is being judgement and not encouraging. Next time he says anything that affends you , I would say this to him " Are you not a sinner? because, I thought that we were all imperfect, and that we should not be boastful, but know that we sin as well, and stop cursing infront of him don't give him a reason to judge you" either way he is a sinner too, maybe he thinks he scaring you into doing good. Lol
2016-05-24 22:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just sit her down, and tell her that you love her and care about her, but you have made the decision not to go to church anymore, and you would appreciate it if she would just respect that. Just tell her straight out not to ask you anymore. Let her know that you want to stay friends, but you're starting to feel like she isn't respecting you and your feelings on the issue.
2007-10-22 15:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be so blessed as to your friend is asking you to church.. It is her duty as a Christian to go out and be a disciple serving God and spread the word and bring the lost to Christ as the only way to heaven is through Christ...It should honor you instead of bringing wrath ...I will pray for you
2007-10-22 15:48:43 · answer #4 · answered by timmyboy26164 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Firmly tell her that you appreciate what she is trying to do but that you have made the decision you have made because it suits you. Just as hers suits her.Let her know that you wish to be friends with her still but religion will need to be something you agree to disagree on. If she cannot handle it then choose new friends.Life is too short to spend it trying to conform or to make others conform.
2007-10-22 15:40:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key word is friend. Your friend is not asking you to commit crimes with her, but rather join her in church. It sounds like your friend has a great love for your soul and is just worried about you.
2007-10-22 15:38:20 · answer #6 · answered by Lynn C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow! this is exactly why religion shouldn't even exist. you should not be forced into doing something you dont want to do or believe in something you dont dont believe in. its ridiculous. a true friend would have total respect for what you believe in and shouldn't care that you dont want to go to church. just tell her i respect what you believe in but church just isn't my thing, i hope you understand.
2007-10-23 09:43:55 · answer #7 · answered by Ben 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you two aren't really friends. you each seem to have an agenda...her with getting you into church and you with making a big deal out of going.
not all friendships are meant to last forever. sounds like you two may have reached the end of the road. agree to disagree and move on...
2007-10-22 15:38:19 · answer #8 · answered by chieko 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell her to respect your views and beliefs. and if she is still insistent you have to say look this is not for me, I tried it and I think its a lode of junk. It may be whats right for you,but for me it is a pointless wast of my time. Resiting and listing to things that in my heart I know aren't true. Holds no appeal to me. so pleas don't ask me to go to church again. I'm not going to nor will I go any time soon, so please just stop.
2007-10-22 15:49:16 · answer #9 · answered by gotbrimstone 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one can make you surrender your life to Christ. No one made me, it was a decision. It's called free will. Your friend just cares about you. Why don't you go at least once and then tell her what you think. What kind of church is it? You say that it is boring.
2007-10-22 15:37:50 · answer #10 · answered by Discerning 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋