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Originally Posted by RealJames
I don't think the earth is 6000yrs old, I do think it's pretty ridiculous to think that, but most importantly I don't think my opinion about it or people who think that is more important than friendships and keeping good relations with people.
In Japan it's very common to be good friends with someone who may disagree very fundamentally with you on any "strong" topic.
In western culture, politics/religion/etc often times come between friendships and even family... that's just getting it all wrong.
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I have quite a number of friends who are religious. I've made it quite clear that I think they're nutters for believing in such rubbish but that hasn't always meant an end to our friendship. We just don't discuss such things much. At the end of the day though I have no problems with not having friendships with people because of their beliefs, be they previous friends or family. I get to choose who I have friendships with (that includes family) and if I choose not to be friends with religious nutters then I can't see how that's a problem. I'm certainly not one of these people who needs to be liked by everyone. Don't mind at all if I offend people!
