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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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I wouldn't force him to do anything. I'm an atheist and I can tell you, trying to force someone to believe when they don't is a great way to turn someone against you! I lose respect for people who pervasively keep trying to make a Christian out of me. If you are an active Christian, that's great. But you need to be accepting of people who don't have exactly the same ideas and opinions about God as yours. Think about it...how would you feel if an atheist kept trying to make you an atheist?
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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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