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DISCLAIMER: Apon rereading the title and the first few paragraphs, I just realized how misleading this can seem. XP The topic itself is about interreligious frendships and relationships, but Andy is purely a very good friend. XP I may be an open minded Agnostic, but personally have no attraction toward the male sex. You may want to just skip down to the final paragraph.

Oddly nough the friendship between Hayabashi and Jin reminds me of my friendship with a guy named Andy, except it's quite different. Me and Andy became friends in December back in the second grade, he was a Jehovah's Whitness who wasn't celebrating Christmas in the little Pagent for obvious reasons, and I just weaseled out because I hated singing and dancing. (Note that back then I was sure there was a God, but was only raised knowing about Methodism and found myself constantly questioning things I heard in church, so technically back then one could either consider my a Christian OR Agnostic.)

We got talking about how corny it was that in movies the human good guys were always winning, and started using legos to enact a scenario where lego monsters were beating the army. In the third grade we were actually in the same class and became good friends, finding many similarities that kind of worked well in finishing a sort of spectrum with things we liked. For example... He liked Godzilla, I liked Rodan. He liked Predator, I liked Aliens. He liked dogs, I liked cats. And so on and so on... The topic of religion did come up, but only after the seventh grade. Although there were quite a few arguments, there were also many calm discussions and in the end it was a great friendship that continues today, although I only get to hang out with him maybe once a year now, so we spend the time holding little video game tournements with his siblings.

My sister didn't have such a pleasant interreligious friendship situation though... With a few friends who were a bit strict with their faith in Catholicism, as soon as they found out she was actually looking into what different neopagan religions believed, they began to actually shun her, their parents banned her from calling or visiting them, and they started a prayer circle at their church for her soul.

Now this next part may seem unrelated, but it all comes together in the end... In my life I have been in many relationships, most not very good really... When I was 13 there was a girl I dated who claimed to be Catholic, but obviously wasn't very devout since she cheated on me by HAVING SEX with a HIGHSCHOOL SENIOR. O_o Then there was an Agnostic girl I dated from the age of 14 to 15 who eventually broke up with me to become a lesbian. (Shut up. >_>)

Then there was a girl who claimed to be Wiccan but was in all reality, a fluffbunny who knew nothing what so ever about the religion she claimed to practice. You know, just another teen trying to rebel against her parents in a way that I personally think is degrading and insulting to the true pagans. (She was a complete b***h who also put way too much into astrology.) After that came a relationship with a Christian girl who was pretty nice and open minded, but in the end she wasn't quite the one... Then came another fluffbunny who was a bit TOO nice, but incredibly annoying.

After that came Briana, my best relationship EVER. It lasted well over a year, she was nice, she was intelligent, to me she was utterly beautiful, she was pretty open minded, and she was generally pleasant. Just speaking to her made and still makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, and I cannot lay down while talking to her on the phone or there's a risk of actually falling to sleep in comfort. I'm still not sure about her religious denomination... It seems sort of like something between Christian and Agnostic.

ANYHOW! Now that I'm done typing up what would probably have been much better as a journal entry than a topic here, what are you guys' opinions on the whole interreligious friendships and relationships? Also, since I gave such a long and probably boring explanation of some of my and my sibling's experiences with them, do you guys have any notable experience in the fields?

Ah yes, (you're really tempting me to say her name) she is a nice person. so now I know more about you Hayabashi 2! Ha Ha! ninja burning_eyes

Wait a second, I just got what you're implying. I don't like her that way. sweatdrop

*glomps Lala*


I agree! 100%

The stuff about Jesus is my favorite. I LOVE that verse! I was actually just thinking about when Jesus answered the pharisee's questions and caused them to as you put it, stick their foot into their mouths.