I talked to another friend about this this morning, and she is very Christian. Very. I was surprised to find out that she agrees with me, rather than the black/white, cut and dried opinion of the first friend. Her response when I mentioned this surprise: "I got old. I realized that the world isn't what we want it to be, it is what it is." )
Good for her. The spirit of what she said resonates with how Christians ought to interact with others. I'm also pro-life, but assuming that pro-choicers take delight in ending unborn lives is simply callous. Just as I have some deeply-held moral and personal points for my view, I have to believe that opposing views are just as nuanced. It doesn't mean that I have to agree with them, or that we're both somehow magically right. What it does mean is that we can talk about it like human beings and not freak out upon discovering an opposing worldview or point of view.
That last part is important. I woke up to the concept about a decade ago, that if my beliefs can't take some knocking and still come up strong, there is probably something I'm missing. I think it is important to have the difficult conversations, but that respectful behavior towards each other is paramount.
The unexamined position is not worth asserting, as it were.
I didn't pick a fight, but I did put my foot down. I do not let people talk to me in such a way, and I explained my feelings and how we were going to move forward (in an email).
Good for YOU, and best wishes with it. If your friend can respect and accept that, this represents progress for the relationship; if not, this day was always coming.
Honorbound and honored to be Bonded to Mahtaliel Sedai
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LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Facebook eye-openers.(partially NSSP)
- 13/06/2012 05:10:53 AM
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A cousin of my wife just posted a link to his new business
- 13/06/2012 12:00:19 PM
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You know it's easier with things like this to sit back and enjoy it
- 13/06/2012 02:39:35 PM
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The worst I got lately was football idiocy
- 13/06/2012 12:36:22 PM
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*NM*
You complain about football comments, and then you post things like that? 
- 13/06/2012 10:31:10 PM
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- 13/06/2012 10:31:10 PM
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Same here
- 14/06/2012 12:24:46 AM
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A lot of people used to think like that
- 14/06/2012 10:13:27 AM
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What were his stats again?
- 14/06/2012 08:38:40 PM
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Because he's your only offensive player who seems at all effective?
- 14/06/2012 09:38:49 PM
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Hasn't he got a reputation for being able to start a fight in an empty room though?
- 14/06/2012 10:09:08 PM
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Maybe you can clarify...
- 13/06/2012 02:01:58 PM
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Maybe I can.
- 13/06/2012 04:55:28 PM
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Facebook is about the casual insulting of opposed political, religious and social viewpoints.
- 13/06/2012 07:22:57 PM
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Re: Maybe I can.
- 13/06/2012 07:50:53 PM
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Hm.
- 13/06/2012 09:52:58 PM
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Hard to think of better examples, but yeah it's hardly an automatic
- 13/06/2012 11:20:25 PM
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This is actually the biggest reason I dislike Facebook (and other social media).
- 13/06/2012 03:49:45 PM
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We have two options, as I see it: 1) Wear big boy pants; 2) Hide lots of posts.
- 13/06/2012 04:02:07 PM
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I'm lucky that I pretty much never see anything on Facebook that really annoys me
- 13/06/2012 04:23:43 PM
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I've been thinking about that.
- 13/06/2012 05:02:17 PM
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Good.
- 13/06/2012 07:49:13 PM
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I thought so too.
- 13/06/2012 08:27:45 PM
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Re: I thought so too.
- 13/06/2012 09:22:38 PM
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Same. And re: the backlash: there'd almost have to be, wouldn't there?
- 13/06/2012 10:18:57 PM
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An AZ cop posted a FB pic of him with kids, a gun and a bullet riddled shirt with Obamas face on it.
- 13/06/2012 11:40:38 PM
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I <3 the Constitution, and was only friends with you so I could cheat off your tests. 
- 13/06/2012 09:00:07 PM
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- 13/06/2012 09:00:07 PM
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Almost half of the comments I see on Facebook aren't even in English!
- 13/06/2012 11:13:00 PM
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- 13/06/2012 11:13:00 PM
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I find a lot of interesting news on Facebook
- 14/06/2012 01:37:59 PM
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Same on the replacing much of what I once received from this community.
- 14/06/2012 09:48:15 PM
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