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Relations who are of different religious beliefs and social conventions

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Almost all of my close relatives are deceased so this doesn't happen much anymore, but my dad - who rarely took an interest in his kids and disappeared for months at a time - became a "born again" Christian later in life. What little contact I did have with him consisted of being mailed bible tracts and told I was going to hell if I didn't do what they said, as if he had any credibility with me. He died years ago, shortly after my mom...who spent most of her adult life doing her job AND his job, too.

Funny thing is, my best friend through childhood grew up to become a womanizing adulterer who had children all over the place. He fell off the earth about 10 years ago only to resurface at my mom's wake - for about 5 minutes on his way to church. He found time to talk to me a few days later only instead of catching up on life he decided he needed to save my soul. I didn't fall on my knees and beg for salvation so he never responded to my emails and calls thereafter.

My remaining friends haven't "found Jesus" and I'll be just fine if they leave the invisible man in the sky to others. Life is too short to spend it chasing fables and friends are too valuable to lose in the pursuit of redemption for the guilt their past deeds has left on their minds.
 
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Jake;1490872; said:
Almost all of my close relatives are deceased so this doesn't happen much anymore, but my dad - who rarely took an interest in his kids and disappeared for months at a time - became a "born again" Christian later in life. What little contact I did have with him consisted of being mailed bible tracts and told I was going to hell if I didn't do what they said, as if he had any credibility with me. He died years ago, shortly after my mom...who spent most of her adult life doing her job AND his job, too.

Funny thing is, my best friend through childhood grew up to become a womanizing adulterer who had children all over the place. He fell off the earth about 10 years ago only to resurface at my mom's wake - for about 5 minutes on his way to church. He found time to talk to me a few days later only instead of catching up on life he decided he needed to save my soul. I didn't fall on my knees and beg for salvation so he never responded to my emails and calls thereafter.

My remaining friends haven't "found Jesus" and I'll be just fine if they leave the invisible man in the sky to others. Life is too short to spend it chasing fables and friends are too valuable to lose in the pursuit of redemption for the guilt their past deeds has left on their minds.
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It appears to me that it is very difficult for some people to believe that someone has no need to "believe."
 
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Taosman;1490875; said:
It takes a strong person to not "need" any religion. Congrats, Jake. :cheers:
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The first post was poking fun at the irony of your first post. It's the same thing Jake and OCBW are complaining about, you're just wearing a different hat.

The second was poking fun at the clarity of that sentence.

Perhaps I should have included [no smiley]
 
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I offer that Josh's reply is an example of the disconnect between those who feel a need to attack(convert/save?) those who don't feel a need to believe.
I wouldn't trust them to respect my rights/beliefs if they were in power.
Because they obviously don't.
 
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