if i’m uncertain that god exists because there’s NO PROOF EITHER WAY for me.
This sentence is not grammatically correct.
But I agree with the sentiment.
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2025
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"We can't be friends if you don't pray"
OK.
Walk away.
This is my response to any kind of ultimatum. And I say "OK" as dispassionately as possible, as if someone said they prefer vanilla over chocolate ice cream.
Religion exists by virtue of being forced on people. Many gently reject it and many are battered and beaten mentally until they don't. People born into religious families will very very often share their family religion and other beliefs no matter what they are. People who have nothing else to turn to will often choose religion because it gives them hope and a group to belong to. Anybody who likes you will try to get you to do their things with them whether it's praying or playing a specific tabletop RPG. It's a pain in the ass and the people who don't understand "No" aren't worth your time.
OP - If you don't give thanks and praise FSM, you'll find all your vermicelli will break into short pieces, and your macaroni will be mushy. Who would want to dine at your home then?
If a religion doesn't allow its members to be friends with non-members, that religion is a cult.
You probably don't want to engage with cult members anyway, unless it is to help them leave the cult.
My thoughts on religion are about the same as having an invisible friend. Sure, there's nothing wrong with that, up until age 3 or 4 or so when you're supposed to realize the invisible friend doesn't exist.
Christians preach acceptance? That's the farthest thing from truth
we can’t be friends if i don’t pray.
"Bye then."
“all women are for is to complement men and they’re inferior and they should only be with other men for that reason”.
She's in deep. You don't have to save her if you don't want to.
Stay true to your principles. There are many, many others out there who agree with you. One's religion should NEVER motivate one to force it upon others.
In fact I think there is no true "freedom of religion" without "freedom FROM religion" (as in, every individual is free to practice their religion of choice, so long as such practices harm no one else, or to practice NO religion). If only our governments would codify this explicitly into law.