It seems as if I can't hold onto my friendships as of late. First it was the girl that I had been friends with since childhood that turned into a bitter and angry person and so I voluntarily cut ties with her. Now, it's a good friend whom I haven't known as long and we now have differing philosophies that are coming between us.
It started on Sunday when I posted on my Facebook page an image I saw that another friend of mine posted in regards to religious extremists (I forget the exact wording that was used). I added that I thought any sort of extremist, including religious extremists like Christians, Muslims and even Jews, were dangerous. I received a rather terse comment back:
She never used to be this narrow minded and unreasonable. She follows the Messianic Judaism teachings and an ultra-Conservative one at that. I didn't reply back because I didn't want to start a flame war on my Facebook page, but I'm not going to delete it either. I do thank![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
coastal_spirit for leaving a nice comment that agreed with me (although I did warn her that there might be an inflammatory return comment).
Now, she's being very passive-aggressive in her own Facebook postings and posting all kinds of diatribes and verses and passages that support her view like she's going to change my mind or something. It's very disappointing.
The think is, she never used to be like this until she got married and got more and more involved with this way of thinking and the ultra-Conservative, survivalist, homesteading point-of-view. Mom and I used to have a lot of fun with her and her husband before this all got started and now all that's changed! it's also affecting mom at work since mom and her work together and she's been giving mom the cold shoulder. My mom has nothing to do with it! Maybe it's because my mom agrees with me? She never public said so on the post, but she told me in private she thinks I have a good point.
I'd hate to lose the friendship, but if it's meant to be, maybe I should just let it happen? Sometimes relationships with others aren't meant to be forever. Sometimes someone is in your life only for a certain amount of time and then it's time for them to leave. Although it would be a shame since she's one of the few people around here we know...
I'm not going to end things just yet. I'll ride it out and see how it goes and if it can't be saved, I guess it's really the end.
It started on Sunday when I posted on my Facebook page an image I saw that another friend of mine posted in regards to religious extremists (I forget the exact wording that was used). I added that I thought any sort of extremist, including religious extremists like Christians, Muslims and even Jews, were dangerous. I received a rather terse comment back:
Wow. This is really so wrong. You do realize he (John Cleese) is a Socialist? The same group that Marxist and true extremist come from? And, the link is from an atheist group does not surprise me. They are the same groups that want to kill anyone that does not agree with them... Jews, Christians, anyone that follows God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And, you're agreeing with it? I pray for your eyes to be opened. This is a dangerous path you're following.
She never used to be this narrow minded and unreasonable. She follows the Messianic Judaism teachings and an ultra-Conservative one at that. I didn't reply back because I didn't want to start a flame war on my Facebook page, but I'm not going to delete it either. I do thank
coastal_spirit for leaving a nice comment that agreed with me (although I did warn her that there might be an inflammatory return comment). Now, she's being very passive-aggressive in her own Facebook postings and posting all kinds of diatribes and verses and passages that support her view like she's going to change my mind or something. It's very disappointing.
The think is, she never used to be like this until she got married and got more and more involved with this way of thinking and the ultra-Conservative, survivalist, homesteading point-of-view. Mom and I used to have a lot of fun with her and her husband before this all got started and now all that's changed! it's also affecting mom at work since mom and her work together and she's been giving mom the cold shoulder. My mom has nothing to do with it! Maybe it's because my mom agrees with me? She never public said so on the post, but she told me in private she thinks I have a good point.
I'd hate to lose the friendship, but if it's meant to be, maybe I should just let it happen? Sometimes relationships with others aren't meant to be forever. Sometimes someone is in your life only for a certain amount of time and then it's time for them to leave. Although it would be a shame since she's one of the few people around here we know...
I'm not going to end things just yet. I'll ride it out and see how it goes and if it can't be saved, I guess it's really the end.
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