Not sure how to deal w it. He was a fun guy to work with. He’s a good person, but pretty crazy. This is the second time he decided he reeeeallly had to make a hard sell. I’m agnostic. I feel like it’s gonna really offend him bc he sent me paragraphs about the religious text and I simply don’t care. But I don’t wanna hurt his feelings. This time… Science proves it.
Can I have it both ways? I’m not gonna be an Islamic but I still wanna be his friend. but he’s being so weird about it and I’m bad about confrontation. I’m cool with his choices but damn
I think it’s good to be open about religion. I’m atheist myself but I’ve learned so much about other faiths in the past year and it has helped me to connect with people in my life.
Whilst conversion is a different thing to sharing faith, I think it may be an opportunity for you to learn about Islam, and in turn show interest in your friend’s life. At the same time, this can be a way to compromise with them and set sensible boundaries.
Islam for example isn’t even just a belief in a deity and afterlife etc., but cultural traditions and wisdoms that unite people. There’s no harm in consuming, digesting, and learning what they have to share. If you’re confident in your beliefs, then you should be open to hearing your friend reach out to you without it changing you in a way you don’t like.
This is very true and it’s very annoying that many religious people don’t understand this