Ending my Christian friendship.
I’ve been friends with this guy we’ll call John since I was five and knew he was Christian since the 8th grade. When I found out I was shocked considering he is one of the smartest people I know, and the fact that he could fall for this kind of bullshit is surprising, but I managed to put that aside, until a few months ago.
We had been roommates for 2 and a half years up until that point and we split the rent. In January i caught covid and he prayed that I would be ok. I got so upset at the fact that he thought his pointless sitting on the ground and putting his hands together like he’s Tim Cook doing an apple presentation was going to do anything. After only two days of his nonsense I walked straight up to him and yelled at him to stop. He told me that it is what he believed and he thinks it would rush my recovery. I told him about how he should believe in science. He said he does but also thinks he is helping. After that I just stormed off into my room and started to feel our friendship falling apart.
I was able to get better (WITHOUT the help of his praying) but unfortunately came down with the flu from his Christian girlfriend (i thought sex was illegal until marriage, guess they’re all hypocrites) who pretended to be very apologetic about it. I sneeze really badly when I have the flu and nothing was different this time. John would keep saying “bLeSs YoU” every time I sneezed. When I asked him to stop he told me it’s a habit but he would try to stop. At this point I had had enough of his tomfoolery. I said for him to take three quarters of the rent or I’m leaving and cutting ties with him. He says he can’t pay to live anywhere else since he lost his job and his savings only cover a few more months at our place which is one of the cheapest places in the city to live in (maybe he should pray to have that fixed for him).
As it turns out I’m also eating into my savings too much now but I don’t care. I finally left that idiot who thinks he can be in med school and still be Christian. It’s been a few months now and I think I made the right decision. I’m so glad I got out of that toxic relationship. I’m sure I’m not the only one suffering so I encourage anyone and everyone to do the same. Dm me if you need help.
TL;DR: Don’t have religious friends
