"Conservative" Friends

[Buttermilk]

For any of you who have friends who hold "conservative" views, what is their opinion of your liberal views?

[Bizzlebin Imperatoris]

Do you have examples? I try to get people to follow scripture as Jesus did, but as no one is perfect, I do not love them less, if that is what you mean.

[CaDan]

They are pretty sure I'm wrong, but they can't figure out how. :D

Once they start eatin' the ice cream, they pretty much give up on trying to argue. Hard to argue with ice cream.

[seebs]

Well, they obviously think my "liberal" views are wrong, but mostly they don't worry about it much.

[Aduro Amnis]

'Democrats(synonomous with liberals & liberal theology) are evil and they support immoral untradiontal values.'
Arrgh me maties be more conservative than a scurvy pirate's attitude towards fruit.

[CaDan]

'Democrats(synonomous with liberals & liberal theology) are evil and they support immoral untradiontal values.'
Arrgh me maties be more conservative than a scurvy pirate's attitude towards fruit.

I think you took a wrong turn. Pirate Churches is the next forum down.

[Aduro Amnis]

I think you took a wrong turn. Pirate Churches is the next forum down. Pirates like canned food, I like Chocolate Moose Ice Cream :yum:

[praying]

;)


I refuse to have them forcing their agenda on me :P




Seriously my one truly completely fundy friend whom I refer to as the fundamentalists fundamentalist we just agree to disagree.

[praying]

Speaking of FF my fundy friend he has a book, has anyone heard of or read about ? Wigglesworth? I can not think of his first name, Henry comes to mind but not sure if that is true. :scratch:

[GreenPartyVoter]

My hubby is more conservative than I am, and he doesn't think much of my views, sad to say.

[Maccie]

Its Smith Wigglesworth! Think he's written several books.

All my friends are conservative, because I'm only just coming out of evangelicalism! Its hard work, you don't realise how brain-washed you've been. I really don't know how they will react when I "come out". Dump me?

Maccie

[McCravey]

For any of you who have friends who hold "conservative" views, what is their opinion of your liberal views?

Almost everyone around me is conservative. They feel that to be otherwise is to be "Anti-Christ"....they are very aggressive in trying to convice me otherwise..........stonings, burnings, (just kidding, but thank God for laws in our free society!), banishment is already taking place, avoiding me, etc......doing their best to show me who "Christ" really is....

Somehow their tactics aren't working....different spirit operating!

[McCravey]

ps.

The best way to deal with them is stay out of theology....just talk about Christ....don't do the Point/Counterpoint thing......just listen, love them, talk about Christ...listen, love them, talk about Christ...or shut up.

[GreenPartyVoter]

Agreed. I attend a conservative church and have many conservative family members. The best thing we can do is understand that we all want good things to happen in the lives of the people on this planet, but that we have different ideas of how it this can be brought to pass. End of story. Go any deeper than that and fur starts flying and feelings get hurt.

[wonder111]

no one I know is really conservative

[tulc]

Speaking of FF my fundy friend he has a book, has anyone heard of or read about ? Wigglesworth?
check here: http://wigglesworth.born-again-christian.info/smith.wigglesworth.sermons.pentecostal.htm
tulc(:wave: hey sis!)

[fragmentsofdreams]

My friends cross the entire spectrum. Some are as liberal as me, others are more moderate, and others are quite conservative. There is some tension at the moment due to this, but it can't be dealt with until school starts again.

[CaDan]

You know, once you get with them one-to-one, and they no longer have to impress the "pastor", most conservatives are actually pretty nice.

HIDE THE BEER, THE PASTOR'S HERE!

current music: Peter Gabriel - It Is Accomplished (have you ever notice the theme from "With This Love" comes in on the final few bars?)

[sakamuyo]

Depends on the friend.

First, I should qualify this by saying my "views" are often the same as my conservative friends, what makes me different from them is not necessarily what I think, but how I get to what I think.

Most respect me enough to appreciate my thoughts even if they don't agree. A few just shake their heads or don't get it. I don't have any friends who reject me because of it or get angry.

The differences we have are not because I don't read or believe the bible, but because I come to different conclusions. I find if I can show my conservative friends why I believe what I believe, it goes much better than if I just say, "This is what I believe so deal with it."

(BTW, I attend a very conservative seminary - that can lead to some really interesting conversations. Once again, as long as I can back it up scripturally, as I think we should all be able to do, it's hard for them to argue, even if they don't agree with how I read the bible.)

[Im_A]

i honestly don't have a lot of quo say typical, "Conservative Friends" anymore. yes i used to. i used to have very close friendships with people who were very conservative. we still remain friends, but we aren't close anymore. i have had co-workers who were, in my opinion, right winged extremists when they get in your face, (literally) over something that they don't like about me, and in the end, me just making jokes, instead of getting into some rheotrical debate with someone who isn't willing to listen to me anyways. but anymore, my friends are those that people would consider liberal in the Christian circles, and they are all Christians too. the other set of my friends are at work, which now i am at different job. so as friends that are conservative, that is really on the low. one of my friends recently converted over to what may seem conservative viewpoint, i really don't know, because ironically enough, her and i do not talk anymore. one of my best friends, which we've been friends for nearly 10 years now, he's a middle of the road guy, but on the republican side. i'm more middle of the road on the democrat side in political ideas of government, but him and are basically the same with few minor differences. , my other best friends is a radical democrat, and that i am not fond of, but to each their own. so really the "conservative" friends for me now, are the middle of the road.

i once had very conservative friends, and now we are not close friends. just friends that were once close. a lot of them are shocked to see me now, after a few years of not seeing each other. the things sometimes as being a "liberal" christian that we talk about seems pretty shocking and with them always wanting to refute with me. so now, those friends, we keep in contact by email or by accidently running into each other, while my close friends we all share common views, iroinc that how works i guess eh?

[Kaonashi]

Most of the conservative Christian friends I have now are "Die Hard Christian Fundamentalists" who seem to want to question my salvation whenever we talk about our beliefs so I mostly try to stay away from Christianity as a subject

[Buttermilk]

HIDE THE BEER, THE PASTOR'S HERE!


RFLOL I like it :D

[Mustaphile]

Friendship for me is pretty much all or nothing. Anyone I have met that has been overly conservative just never gets a second look in. I probably have time in my life for 2-3 good friends and there isn't a conservative amongst them. I just wouldn't make the time for them. A friend would either be going in the same direction or we would be waving goodbye to each other.

The rare times I do find myself face to face with an overly conservative person, I most likely would have discerned there 'bent' and would avoid talking about anything controversial, smile a lot, nod at the right times and be privately contemplating the earliest moment for me to part company with them. Politely, of course. :D