My friend is annoying me with her rants on Christians, as I am Christian, how can I tell her nicely to stop?

As a Christian you are supposed to be a witness for the Gospel and the Love of Christ. This does not mean that you are not allowed to choose your "friends" however. We must love people no matter their faults, but we certainly are not required to be in such close contact as friends are with people that "annoy" us. I am careful to call only those people that I have a sincere connection with "friends". I would suggest you tell her that you are not interested in hearing her hateful rants, and that you will cease to be in contact with her should she continue. Think about it, what do you have to lose but the company of an annoying person? I would never call people that I dislike "friend", nor continue to be in close social contact with them.

Proverbs 18:24 A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

Is your "friend" friendly? By the way, the friend that sticks closer than a brother, is Christ, who is your friend, and brother.

Based on your additional details, if that is how your friend reacts when you don't share her perception of something then you should have a talk with her about that.

Forget Christians, homosexuality, abortion, etc. She doesn't respect people that think differently from her. You shouldn't be made to feel diminished for believing something else. You also shouldn't be brow beaten for it.

The thing to point out here would be that we are to love one another as we would be loved.

Be prepared, because when you confront her on this she will likely get mouthy. But if she is a REAL friend, then she will come back after the fact, apologize and say that she knows she gets like this and she doesn't like it. If she doesn't respond this way, then it's simply more important to her that she is right and that other people experience her wrath for not being the same as her than it is for her to be a friend.

In other words, you can continue to take abuse, or you can find out if she is really a friend or just someone wasting time - yours and her own.

God bless you.

I would just sit her down and calmly explain to her that you've heard her rants and that you understand her frustration, but that you feel she is taking that frustration out on you and it's making you feel bad. Remind her that you share many of her same views and you are still a Christian: not all Christians are alike. Point out some of the other parts of your friendship that you'd rather enjoy than her seemingly endless ranting.

It sounds like you're one of what I call the "good" Christians. :) You're tolerant of others and not pushy about your beliefs. She should appreciate that you're not like the ones she's ranting about and give you a reprieve from having to hear about every other Christian who's ever ticked her off: it's not *your* problem! Best of luck!

Honestly? Just stop being so offended by it. Atheists get pretty offended too.

Obviously she isn't talking about you (she's talking about the general stupid chunk of Christians), and of course it is in her nature to disagree with Christians and flip the hell out. No pun intended, really. Afterall, as a fellow Atheist, I've met my fair share of Christians who just don't know how to be nice and shut up. I mean, most Christians are basically telling Atheist's that they're wrong: God exists. Atheists get mad because they don't believe in a god, so they tell Christians the opposite: God isn't real/God is a myth/Etc.

Although they're both saying identical things, it sets off a different reaction in both. Honestly? I don't care if Christians preach their beliefs all over me, but what pisses me off is when, if I preach my beliefs all over them, they go Hulk on me like I just desecrated Jesus's grave site. Seriously.

You've got to understand. She feels the same way you do. You two have two different religions, and they contradict each other; In fact, all religions contradict each other unless they are specifically linked to one another, ie, sister religions. She gets offended by people preaching to her, you get offended by her preaching to you. Vicious circle, amirite?

But when she gets really annoying, like talking ALL THE TIME, about it, just ask her to change the subject. If she challenges you, just tell her you don't like to discuss your personal religion. I know that there are calm, reserved atheists, and atheists who just get all up into people's faces for no reason whatsoever, and will do anything to pick a fight. Just tell her to back off. If she's really your friend, she'll understand and step down from her pedestal of knowledge and righteousness.

If you are a Christian how in the world can you believe that homosexuality is okay or that abortion should be legal?! Both are against the ten commandments, God says that homosexuality is an abomination before Him and abortion is murder of the innocent and helpless! The Bible say's do not be conformed to this world, and you have some pretty liberal views there! And before anyone say's it i know we are to love the sinner and hate the sin, but that doesn't mean we are supposed to throw them a party! I don't get how you can align yourself with being a Christian and yet condone the very things that God is against! No disrespect intended, i just don't understand you.

I dont know, I guess he thinks he can just say whatever he wants and not get anything back. Personally, I think that anyone who would say something like that to you is not a real Christian at all.

Sounds like she needs to take a chill pill. Just tell her that you're tired of talking about it. You agree with her, you aren't homophobic, you support gay rights, so its a non issue. So why dont we just talk about something else? I think you just need to straight up tell her that you're tired of talking about it.

say something between the lines of , you know i am christian and the stuff that you're saying also pertains to me and unless you want to stop being friends i suggest you stop making comments about my religion and if she says i was just then say well i wasn't, hopefully it doesn't come off as being bitchy with my friends thats what i would say but then again my friends are understanding

i believe you should be straight up with her tell her you do not want to always here her opinion tell her that you want to be her friend not her gossip guru. sorry but i think you friend should have more respect for you therefore she shouldn't be downing your religion remember you guys are friends

if she was a real friend she would be happy for you.

You could try "Please respect my religious beliefs." or you could try proving the existence of God to her (I'm assuming she is an atheist).

The Proofs of the Existence of God

1. Unmoved Mover - There is motion in the world and whatever is in motion had to be put in motion by another. By looking at the series of motion in the world and going back to the creation of the universe, we conclude that there must have been a “First Mover” or an “Unmoved Mover” or God.

2. First Cause - The world is a series of causes and effects. Taking those causes and effects back in history, to the moment of creation; we conclude, that there must have been a first cause of creation or God.

3. Everything comes from something - Nothing cannot create something ... therefore there must have been one necessary Eternal Being who brought other beings into existence.

4. Supreme Model - Persons and things have various degrees of perfections (such as goodness, beauty, truth, etc.) No single created person or thing possesses all perfection, therefore, since creation shares in perfection but does not possess it, there must be a Being who possesses all perfection ... God.

5. Grand Designer - There are systems in the world which are so intricate and perfect in the way they work, that there is no possible way human beings could have been their origin, nor can they re-create them. Therefore, there much have been an Intelligent and Perfect Designer or God

6. Happiness - All desire happiness. Human beings spend their whole lives constantly searching for lasting joy. This desire for everlasting happiness points to an Eternal God, Who is the source and summit of all happiness.

7. The experience of beauty or truth - When human beings experience profound beauty or truth, that experience points to the origin of all beauty and truth - God.

8. An experience of personal conscience or moral goodness - Experiences of doing good and doing evil point to an ultimate source of moral judgment or God.

9. Love - The experience of love is a reality which the material world cannot explain. This experience must therefore have a non-material and spiritual source or God.