That sucks. I lost a good friend like this. He discovered religion, and… I hoped we could just “agree to disagree” on this topic, and talk about the many things we still had in common. Instead, he was even more annoying than all other religious people, because he assumed that he knows exactly how I think (he kept saying he also used to think the same way before he found Jesus) so he can show me the way. And he couldn’t stop bringing up the topic. He became completely insufferable; we stopped interacting completely.
(For the record, I do have a few friends who are religious or have other beliefs I don’t share. The trick is, they are not trying to convert me. We discuss other things. Heck, we can even discuss religion, if they accept I am only doing it the same way I would discuss Tolkien.)
When this happens, it’s time to find new friends. Or maybe pay more attention to old low-intensity friends; sometimes the opposite thing happens and you find out that as you grew up, you have more in common.
That sucks. I lost a good friend like this. He discovered religion, and… I hoped we could just “agree to disagree” on this topic, and talk about the many things we still had in common. Instead, he was even more annoying than all other religious people, because he assumed that he knows exactly how I think (he kept saying he also used to think the same way before he found Jesus) so he can show me the way. And he couldn’t stop bringing up the topic. He became completely insufferable; we stopped interacting completely.
(For the record, I do have a few friends who are religious or have other beliefs I don’t share. The trick is, they are not trying to convert me. We discuss other things. Heck, we can even discuss religion, if they accept I am only doing it the same way I would discuss Tolkien.)
When this happens, it’s time to find new friends. Or maybe pay more attention to old low-intensity friends; sometimes the opposite thing happens and you find out that as you grew up, you have more in common.