tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483702470185963304.post4144021376807380145..comments2023-08-15T06:29:34.927-07:00Comments on Discreet Infidel: BeliefDiscreet Infidelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969503765080420254noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483702470185963304.post-59391676597511697802009-08-14T18:18:59.757-07:002009-08-14T18:18:59.757-07:00@InnerMinds: I think she's still in stage 2.
...@InnerMinds: I think she's still in stage 2. <br /><br />@Angie: Maybe my office mate will become an atheist 6 months from now. LOLDiscreet Infidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06969503765080420254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483702470185963304.post-9166569557307841442009-08-14T09:53:14.877-07:002009-08-14T09:53:14.877-07:00You were far milder in that interaction than many ...You were far milder in that interaction than many others (read: I) would have been. I tend to use the A-word to describe myself (atheist, not asshole, most of the time). <br /><br />As a believer, I was always a little put-off by atheists because it simply made no sense to me. I couldn't conceive of not believing. Of not worshiping god, sure, or of being mistaken and following the "wrong religion", yeah. I could conceptualize believing incorrectly, but not disbelief. The first close-ish friend to reveal she was an atheist was during my last year of belief, so I was more liberal/secular than that at any time before. Still, when she told me I was probably more distant with her for a little while. It threw me because she was someone I really respected and admired, was a fantastic mother, etc. and we had so many common views on politics, etc. that I was really blown away to learn that this moral, ethical, kind, loving person was an atheist. But 1) I got over it and 2) Six months later I was an atheist. So who knows what good you may have done in her life. I think "sewing seeds" of doubt is the best you can hope for of most conversations. Hopefully things aren't awkward between you for long.Angie Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739748828902693432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483702470185963304.post-56653051429090647232009-08-14T09:43:54.371-07:002009-08-14T09:43:54.371-07:00You probably landed a very valid point on her, and...You probably landed a very valid point on her, and maybe that's why she's acting differently. Thanks for kicking her to stage 3. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com