With all due respect, I tolerate points of views and differences, unless you are indirectly attacking me for my beliefs. And that is what one of my, I thought friends is doing. I have known her before she started attending Bible Studies.
However, when she attends Bible Studies, she begins to have some attitude against me--but in a passive aggressive way. I have been tolerant so for, ignoring many of her indirect insults, because she is an older lady and I like to give her the benefit of the doubt. However, my patience is running thin.
The other ladies in my coffee group are great and very respectful at least in front of me. The Bible Studies student jumps on my case when we talk about pork products or other "Christian" topics. Some of the other ladies and I have made it a joke every time someone mentions pork products. We would laugh. But the Bible Studies student will arrogantly say, "So what. I had ham the other day." or "I like pork chops." etc. I don't care what a person eats, that's their business.
The irony of all this is that Bible Studies student was never like this with me until she started attending Bible Studies. I am not naive. I have had Christian friends tell me that some of the churches and Bible Studies programs promote hatred towards Muslims and other faiths. These are things that make you go hmm.
Don't be surprised if her and I get in another tiff. I say tiff because she vehemently stood against the Gazans when they were enduring a humanitarian crisis. I found out her true identity, when she wouldn't let me talk about it. We didn't talk for a few months. We mended relations, but I don't think it will go back to the way it was.
I thought when you study a religion, you become more spiritual and tolerant of diversity and those of other faiths, not the other way around. An arrogant person disrespectful of others' faiths.
It seems that YOU my dear friend are the problem.
