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To feel sad and like the friendship is over due to flat earth belief

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UprootedSunflower · 08/06/2024 17:28

Friend is a nice person. Comes across sensible, though has had a deepening religious conviction over the last 5-10 years. I’m Christian myself, but I’m talking a bit more fringe. We don’t talk about the fact she probably doesn’t consider me a Christian anymore. I ignore it.
But today I overheard her get really animated and happy in a flat earth discussion. She believes in flat earth. An intelligent woman who’s travelled the world and is from a country in the southern hemisphere. I’d certainly say she is educated and far from stupid.
Aibu in finding this a bit of a final straw moment for being friends? It just felt like something snapped inside that I could t ignore tbh when I heard her. I don’t feel like I want to expose the children, and I don’t feel I can keep the pretence up. It’s just a bit too far, and it feels like it’s gone over the edge.
Aibu, silly to give up on a warm and pleasant person? Or would you be drawing a line?

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ForKeenDeer · 08/06/2024 17:38

I've got and a friend that truly a believes a talking snake led to sun in the world! She actually really believes the bible literally! She always my friend in other ways but don't tend to get into this conversation as her arrogance into believing this is astonishing! Oh, and God talks to her all the time. A professional with a high salary and respected in her field. It's just a belief. As is the bonkers flat earth!

haddockfortea · 08/06/2024 17:34

I couldn't be friends with anyone who believed something so fundamentally ridiculous as the Earth being flat.

Misthios · 08/06/2024 17:33

I’d certainly say she is educated and far from stupid.

She's jut shown you that she may be educated in an academic sense, but totally stupid in other ways.

Sounds like there are other things going on and this is the straw which broke the camel's back. Move on.

OneTC · 08/06/2024 17:33

I know some really fucking far out people but have never IRL come across one of these. I kind of assumed they were trolling and no one really believes that surely

Mamette · 08/06/2024 17:31

I wouldn’t throw away the friendship. I don’t mind what people believe in as long as it doesn’t harm others, and as long as they don’t talk about it all the time or try to push their beliefs on to me.

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