So my (formerly agnostic, now atheist) friend (Christian) is very Christian and obsesses over it. Her only friends besides me are Christian and all they talk about is the Bible, Jesus, and God. She also tries to “convert” people. She tried to convert me by asking what my relationship with God as like, if I read the Bible, etc. and tried to get me to apologize to God for being agnostic and not Christian “for Christianity is the only true religion and He will come soon”.

She constantly talks about it like I said and constantly tries to get me to convert every time we talk.

  • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    It is difficult, absolutely. It comes down to knowing that your personal, healthy boundaries are more important than whatever someone wants to talk at you about. You’re never obligated to interact with a person that makes you uncomfortable.

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      Very sound advice. To be honest, I’ve just entered my 40s and I’ve only just figured it out.

      Having social phobia fucked me up in a few secondary ways and this is one of them - any conversation/relationship pretty much made me uncomfortable and it took me a long time to be able to separate normal conversations/relationships from the ones with people keen to take advantage of a meek, quiet person.