did you lose friends because they couldn't accept you anymore?
2007-11-28 08:07:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
(in real life.)
i have. and it makes me sad. :(
2007-11-28 08:13:33 · update #1
I haven't changed beliefs - but becoming a charismatic makes some Christians uncomfortable.
2007-11-28 08:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by fanofchan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was very choosy as to whom I told, so no. But I have lost a friend after I converted (from Christianity to Witchcraft). She assumed that all witches were bad, evil people and wouldn't listen to the truth. So I guess I'm better off without her. If your friends can't accept you for who you are, then they aren't true friends and you're better off without them.
2007-11-28 19:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope, i didnt lose any friends over my change in beliefs. Mainly because, if they wouldnt be my friend anymore because i no longer agree with them on religious beliefs, then they arent very good friends, and for that matter, they arent very good people.
2007-11-28 16:11:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I finally admitted to myself I was an atheist, I had switched to another school and was asked what my religion was. From then on, I heard scripture quotes in P.E., rest rooms, etc. It didn't get me any new friends.
2007-11-28 16:15:36 · answer #4 · answered by Darth Cheney 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you usually find a new world you didn't even know was there people, traditions, thoughts and feelings. if anyone does give you any trouble don't mind them its there fault for not excepting an open mind on things.
2007-11-28 16:20:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.. Both leaving and coming back to Christianity, I lost Christian and non-Christian friends, respectively. Ultimately I was just glad to know who my real friends were.
2007-11-28 16:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by ledbetter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of the atheists who knew me as an atheist, only one disliked me as a polytheist, and he was a butthead, so no big loss.
"I could write a list/of people I don't miss/I'm sorry, but I'm so much better off without you."
2007-11-28 16:19:44 · answer #7 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
Some occasionally argue with me about "the facts" or beliefs.
Others avoid the topic all together.
2007-11-28 16:15:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I didn't make a big display of it. I quietly did my own thing. Even my very Catholic family didn't abandon me and that's saying a lot.
2007-11-28 16:11:16 · answer #9 · answered by Yogini 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No. I made new friends too.
2007-11-28 16:11:48 · answer #10 · answered by dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋