Friendships actually *are* relationships, Kit-Kat.
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OGIONIK wrote:i hope he doesnt hate me for destroying him in an actual debate on his religious beliefs,
OG, I wouldn't worry too much about this guy. I doubt you'll have put a real dent in his faith-- it's just so hard for people to change what they believe. That goes for anyone, because we're all so set in our ways, but especially among the very religious, because they've trained themselves to absolutely, completely believe in something that there's no hard evidence for. They just "feel" that it's true, so logical argumentation rarely
really makes an impact. Rather than being depressed that you took apart his arguments, the guy is probably feeling bad for
you because he didn't manage to save you and you're still going to hell.
I don't mean this in a disparaging way about religion; I don't consider myself to be an atheist (though I did for about a week a while ago
), and I'm not against believing in some type of higher power, or some deeper meaning to life. I'm just speaking of people who rabidly follow one religion as though there's proof that it's true; you usually can't change the mind of someone like that.