My friends baptism

[swede123]

Did he join The Church of Christ? Not Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (AKA Mormons), just Church of Christ?

Swede

[daveymck]

The trouble with the bible is that people intepret what is in effect a translation of a translation and in some cases of a transalation, the bible is full of contradictions and you can pull bits out to support just about any belief that you want.

I would be worried that he is being taken into a cult, if he wants to be a christian why cant he also go along to a more standard church and see if that gives him what he needs.

If he and others want to follow religion then obviously thats their choice its cool you go to support him in that, but this seems more sinister purely from your posting.

[spamuell]

I have religious friends who undoubtedly think I'm a bad person and all that stuff.

It's difficult at times and we skirt around sensitive topics, I wouldn't make a conscious decision to stop being friends with them, we still share a lot of history and can have fun together.

[thatpfunk]

If he was a close enough friend then you can tell him hes brain washed and make fun of him.

If you can't then I wouldn't be too concerned about it because you're not that close and will evetually grow apart.

(this isnt suppsoed to sound condescending or anything, just honest from my experiences)

[nicky g]

I have a very good long-standing friend who has always been very religious, to the point that he plans on becoming a minister eventually (he works with a church youth group now). A lot of the things I do make me a bad person from the point of his religious views. Some of his beliefs make him a dick from my point of view. Nevertheless we still get on really well, and he's on the whole one of the best and nicest people I know. We almost never talk about religion these days, although we used to. If you and your friend can put such things in the background, you'll be fine. If he starts letting his beliefs affect who he can be friends with, or if you find his "judgement" of you intolerable, you won't.

[Shajen]

I'm a Christian. I don't go to church. I don't tithe. I don't try to convert people to my beliefs.

If I were you, I'd try to figure out exactly what changed in his life to make this dramatic 360.

Maybe it was there all along and you just didn't see it.

Either way, the best thing for you I think is to explain to him how you feel and basically set some ground rules for your friendship.

No conversion attempts on fridays, stuff like that [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[SCfuji]

i feel that he may have rushed into the conversion into Christianity, but everybody is different. it took me awhile to get comfortable enough to give my life to Jesus. it may seem annoying, but he will want you to join him either at his Church or another. before that happens, however, do try and get him to understand where you stand about his choice and yours and the differences between the two. otherwise you will just despise each other - you for being so unappreciative of his efforts to save you and him for being a pestering Jesus freak.

Amen
fuji

[mmbt0ne]

Considering you're going around telling complete strangers that your friend is in a "cultish" group, you sure do seem to be worried about what he thinks about you.

[2planka]

your friend, sir, is

[SomethingClever]

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Is my friend my ideological enemy?

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Yikes, man. I have to say yes.