Whats the best way to talk to someone about my beliefs?

Asked by yankeecandlee (45) August 12th, 2013 from iPhone

Hello Fluther community!

I have this friend that I care a lot about and we don’t share the same spiritual beliefs and it’s really starting to…bother me. Really I’m just concerned for them.

This friend, I’ll refer to them as X from here on out, is almost atheist. X doesn’t go as far as to say that there is no God period but X doesn’t really think there is. They don’t quite know what to believe.

I myself am a Christian so I believe that there definitely is a God. The stuff that we don’t know or understand is supplemented by faith—after all isn’t faith believing what you can’t see? And if we knew everything about Him then wouldn’t that make him a much less awesome God?

But anyways….I want to bring this up to X again. Last time they actual brought it up just wondering if it bothered me that they weren’t very religious. It took me by surprise so I answered the best I could. X basically said they were ambivalent to the whole thing but didnt want to impact my beliefs. I appreciated that. I let X know that I was pretty strong in what I believed and that I’d be ok.

I just want X in on the same thing I know I have waiting for me! X is a great person and grew up in church, they just don’t know if they really think it’s true and they’re kind of leaning towards no. It’s relatively scary for me that they don’t! I love them as a person very much and want the best for them. But I don’t want to be super pushy/annoying/uppity/forceful/I’m-better-than-you about it though!!

So. All Christians of Fluther, any advice? Thank you in advance!!