shaun0fthedead

It's quite awkward to sit back and think about whether or not it's a good thing you still have the best friend you've had for years. My best friend has gone through a lot of changes in the last year or so, about 4 years ago was when we started talking more and hanging out and within 6 months we were brothers. Now it's getting to the point that im reconsidering our current friendship. I went to art school for 5 months while he worked back home, he quit his old job and took a department manager job at our local superwallyworld, he also started dating a new girl and started attending church regularly. Years back we were able to talk about anything, and the fact that we had the same views on practically everything, it was usually a good conversation when we did talk. Now though that fact is null and void. I can't talk to the kid any more, literally at all. If we start up a conversation, within 10 minutes one of us, or both, is absolutely pissed. He went from being agnostic to praising the life of a christian, now granted I don't care if one of my friends decides to be whatever they decide to be, but when it causes them to be angry with me because of what I believe, thats when the problems start. Im a very open and outspoken person, I will speak my mind even if its not politically correct to speak it, now that doesnt include racial slurs and shit because that stuff I dont say anyways. But if I get onto the topic of religion and someone says hey whats your opinion? Then im going to say exactly what I feel, even if that means saying that I believe that christianity is a farce existing only for the sake of finacial gain. Now granted, I believe whole heartedly that faith in something is one of the most important things in this life, without faith/hope theres not much reason to live. But, I dont believe that by attending services and donating to my local church I will be let into a peaceful afterlife. I've seen too many people become brainwashed by that business and have gone through it myself, but I don't think im any better than them, they have faith in something and I respect that, but im not going to candy coat my views so I dont upset people I used to have the same conversations with.

I couldnt end the friendship with him without something terrible being done to me, he's still a good friend when I absolutely need one, meaning that in times of hardship he'd still try to bail me out. But it kills me that things have come to this, to think that i'd actually end up questioning our friendship after everything thats occured is quite bothersome.

Thanks for reading, those of you that do =]

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