Would You Avoid a Friendship

Never! Good friends who are trustworthy and whom you enjoy your time with are too few and far between. One of my best friends is also a different race...we have so much fun together! She is also a different religion. And she is very religious...so we just avoid any confrontations about difference in beliefs and accept each other's ideas.

No I would not avoid a friendship if someone was a different religion or race. And age should not make a difference either. I think thats wonderful you guys are such great friends. Good friends are hard to find.

I would never deliberately avoid a friendship with anyone. Partly because I find it very difficult to make friends so I am grateful for those I have got! I currently don't have any friends of a different race but that's simply co-incidence. One of my best friends at school was of a different race and religion but we got on well with each other and as for us, that's all that mattered. I don't even know what religion some of my friends are (if any) because it doesn't really matter. I think if you're going to ge along with someone it will be because you enjoy each others company and because you think they are a nice person, I don't feel it has anything to do with anything else.

Nooooooo, of course not. We're all the same when it comes down to it, and in the name of friendship or love, should never even contemplate breaking a friendship for this reason. Besides, how would I know, if I didn't ask. It's not the sort of thing that's important enough to me to query. Brightest Blessings.

I agree with you, religion or race should never make a difference. If a person is a true friend these things should not make a difference. You can still talk and share things without having to bring these things up, especially if it causes a conflict.

No, I don't think that would stop me from being friends with someone. I think it's really stupid to be honest if someone were to avoid close friendships with someone of a different religion or race. It's a big loss really if they did.

Of course not.what does friendship have to do with these insignificant factors? In our country there arE so many castes and communities which would just get your head spinning.Strangely I have close friends from different castes and communities and religions and no significan t friend from my own community though I am from a fairly orthodox community.[THIS IS JUSTBY WAY OF EXPLANATION because there are people who confine themselves to such groups.] Right from my school days I have different friends from diverse backgrounds and am very happy about this.. There has been nno communication bARRIER WHATSOEVER, BECAUSE NONE OF US TREAD ON THE OTHER'S TOE.Even WHEN IT CAME TO RELIGION WE USED TO SHARE OUR CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS IN A VERY OPEN MINDED AND UNOBTRUSIVE WAY.

hey i have been in this situation many times so people who belongs to my religion hates me because i make friends of poor religion or poor people too.

Good for you! I'd never avid a friendship for these reasons, just think what you could be missing as you obviously can attest. Annie

I don't think it will affect a friendship because you don't base your friendship on those aspects unless you're really really a religious conscious person. I would love to make friends with different kinds of people. If i could, I'd make friends with people from all over the world. =)

No i wouldn't let that come between a friendship. Just because someone is a close friend doesn't mean that they have to be exactly like me. I love the differences me and my good friends have with out them life would be totally boring and I wouldn't be able to get different points from them. LOL!!

I don't think I ever even thought of that! I grew up in a warm neighborhood in NY, and the races were so mixed, and religion, I never even paid attention what type you were. It was great. I had friends of all races, all religions, all shapes and sizes, different sexes, since coming into this world. I should thank my parents for being friends with so many too. :o)

I think that would just be so ignorant of me to do such a thing. I have always had a very diverse group of friends, some black, some native, some gay, some bi, some jewish,some catholic,some muslim. Now why would I want to live in such a closed world to of never of been friends with any of them, man I would of missed out on some great fun. I am quite sure life would of been very boring then.

Religion or race should not be a deterrent to friendship. I am a Christian and I have a Muslim friend. The only people I will not make friends with are the haughty, oppressive, bully, slanderers or those who do not know how to respect other people and those are too wicked.

No I wouldn't. I have plenty of friends that are different races and religions. I have never seen the point of doing such a thing based on either one of these. I wouild have no friends if I avoided friends this way.

My life has been enriched by knowing people of many different ethnicities, religions, races, ages, and both genders. While there is something to be said for having commonalities between friends, and there are certainly times when we need to be with others of our own age, gender, religion,or even race or ethnicity. But we need to learn about others' ways of life. I have recently become close to someone from India who is Hindu. My world is so much better now that she is in it. Groups of people who refuse to associate with those who are "different" are only cheating themselves. Look how many more people you can meet if you widen your sphere of potential friends!

Even though your discussion is closed, carolbee, I had to put my two cents in. I have to ask myself when are people going to look at one another as people? Color should not enter into it, religion should not enter into it. I think it is fitting to quote something said by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "...A man should not be judged by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character..." To me, that says it all.

Hi carolbee, We need more people like you in the world. No, of course it wouldn't make any difference. A person can't change their race and many have no desire to change their religion, anyway that's a very personal thing with most people. Blessings.

Age, race and religion should not be the basis of friendship. Just like in love, your differences are what binds you. For me, its only when you reconcile differences that truly make your relationship a success. I have friends who are 10, 20, 30+ older than me and we are getting along smoothly. It all has to do with respect and acceptance to build a lasing friendship.

As far as race goes.. No I have not and would not ever not ever stop a friendship due to race. We have a mixed family african american,hispanic and caucasian so race is not an issue for us at all.lol. However, I can share with you from personal experience I had a dear friend that I grew up with since 15 yrs old and we were completely inseperable. We were still that close through most of my 20's and then as we grew older (she is 5 yrs younger than me)and as I found the Lord we grew further apart she grew closer to an athiest. It became increasingly harder and harder for our friendship to survive because the Lord was such a big part of our lives and she could not relate to that. I would never tell anyone who they can and cannot socialize with but I can share with you from personal experience on the religion/spirituality side of it...it does become more and more difficult as you grow spiritually. I wish you the best in whatever you decide to do.