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I have a friend, well he's actually a sisters friend, but I would also consider him my friend and I'm sure he would do the same. He's in 9th grade and I'm in 10th. One day while we were out we were on the topic of God and he said he didnt believe in God. He says he thinks Jesus existed but that he was just a normal guy. He said if God existed then he wouldn't have diabetes.
Now I want to educate him about God and help him accept him into his life. I feel it is my duty as a Christian to guide him to a better life with God, because you are supposed to help the people who don't believe. He is a really sweet boy, and I told him that I was going to teach him and he said "you can try but it won't happen" so if he said I could try I'm going to make every effort too!
My problem is I don't know how to approach it. How should I start off with this teaching and showing? I've considered asking my pastor but I decided to come here first. Thanks for any help! (link)
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Do -not- try to force your beliefs on him. I, myself, am an atheist and completely hate it if and when someone, especially one of my friends, tries to get me to believe in God and/or dwell on the fact that I don't. It is his life, let him live it the way he wants. He isn't doing anything to harm himself or others just by not believing. Accept him for who he is, rather than try to change him. Afterall, you can't change who people are without destroying who they were.
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God wants me as a Christian to teach those who don't know. I'm not forcing him, I'm showing him an alternative. If I can do anything than I will. He won't hate me, because I'm not going to push him so far he will. I'm not going to march up to him and scream at him to believe it, I'm going to put it into conversations or randomly bring it up one day. I don't want my friend to go to hell, and if I may somehow change my mind, it would be worth it to lose him as a friend in some ways and have him that much nearer to God.
great advice, feedback changed
~russianspy1234
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