Yea but laws are ultimately placed by a restricted group of people, and some of those laws have been around forever. Its not like these people were legally married, and if they were then theres another strike against our government for not realizing one man married 17 women (or however many there were). As far as underage pregnancies, some states have maternity leave in high schools now. No one is going around arresting the 15 or 16 yr old guy who got the 15 or 16 yr old girl pregnant. If that were the case they would have locked me up 14 yrs ago when I had my son at 16.

People believe differently. Yea I think its bizzare, but its what they know and believe. My two best friends are a lesbian couple. They are the most die hard, incredible people I know. I would be offended if someone said it was illegal for them to be together. We have been raised in a society that makes this wrong. Catholocism is just as bizzare if you think about it. Catholics BOUGHT TICKETS to see the Pope. If God is supposed to be the end all, mighty one...why are people confessing sins to a priest and buying tickets to be in a room with the Pope?

Is it wrong to tell a child that Santa Claus may not or does not exist?

How do you know he doesn't?

JB

I can't wait to see how many brothers and mothers are actually sisters and cousins...errrrrr

you are right....speaking what you believe isn't wrong. telling someone else they are wrong is IMO....humans aren't all knowning . it's only what the individual holds as true. telling someone they are wrong for their beliefs or pushing things only invites anger and argument, unless the other can just walk away and ignore the person and stay away.

You won't get rid of me that easy.

Well, if a person wants to claim that all beliefs are 'religions' then I can't argue with that stance.

But it seems to me that her original complaint is that the her friend is trying to convert her (i.e. 'save' her). That's PREACHING.

I don't see where ae1973 is preaching.

Now, I'll run off and write a song.

Look at yourself, you are doing the same thing that you accuse others of doing, You point out that some people say "you hold on to beliefs that make you feel good just like i do"(your own quote) And then end with your own selfrightous "It is important that people start knowing we are here and are doing good" Exactily like all religous lifestyles, weather it is 4 god or communisim or anti global warming or no god. U are preaching ur own religion.

Yeah well "Friend" is a four letter word. Usually means they're planning on pouring sugar in your gas tank while paying someone else to sodomize your mother.

As far as I can see, you have every right to argue to her that there is no God as she has to argue to you that there is one. But who wants to do that??? Like you say, you just don’t want to be bothered by the whole godforsaken issue in the first place. You don’t want to sit around arguing about it.

I’ve never had the problem you speak of. A friend who tries to push religion onto me all the time after I’ve made it clear that I’m not interested isn’t going to be my friend for very long.

plain and simple....you can't control what she says or does unless you tie her up and gag her. you have the choice here. you can chose to live with it, contiue to tell her to stop or stopa all or partial contact with her. if she wants to force things on people...that's up to her to do. if you don't like it...it's up to you to chose what you want to do. you can only answer or change yourself

You must not know what a religon is.
Some people make a religon of preaching global warming 2 everyone, Others have made a religon of preaching that there is no global warming 2 everyone, Right or wrong both groups are doing the same thing, thay both think that thay are right and everyone else is wrong. was WWI started over GOD? Wore the french trying 2 force the germans 2 believe in god? No. Nor in WWII, Nor korea, Nor viet nam, Nor the gulf. Satinisim Is a religon. Some police watch COPS religiously.

A real christian would stop after being told, U might point this out 2 your friend, that is in the bible.
The world would be a better place without religon.
But religon dosnt only mean a belief in god, Many Things and/or ideas have become a religon to people, Global warming, No global warming, Even not believing in god is a religon, Some types of people always try 2 push their Lifestyles on others.