But wait... What was that you said to me?
The only reason you are still my friend is... What?
It's because you thought you could convert me?
...
See, at first I didn't realize how much this statement meant.
I am... no, scratch that, was your friend because I thought you were a nice, cool, interesting person. You are fun to be around. We like the same sorts of things! That is why I was your friend!
I was not your friend because I wanted to add another name to my list of "People I Converted to Atheism." Do you know why?
Because I have the good goddamn sense to not shove my beliefs down unwilling throats.
I don't understand this at all...
How can you be friends with someone based solely on the fact that you want to convert them? Do you see me as a person, or a challenge? Do you even like me as a person? Do you even care?
After hearing you say that you are only still my friend because you want me to be a Christian, something terrible happened: I saw the future.
I saw you failing to "convert" me. I saw you realizing that I AM UNSHAKABLE. That I am STRONG and SMART. And after you realized this, you saw that your quest was over. You could not convert me. And then what happened?
You no longer saw any reason to be my friend.
That's sick. Just sick.
To destroy a friendship because I will never think like you! You are sad. Wake up. WAKE UP!
I want to scream it in your face! I have tried being civil. I have tried explaining to you how closed-minded you are being, but it does not work. So what else can I do?
I know exactly what I can do...
I can let go.
After seeing your true colors, I don't see any reason to hold on anymore. Is it strange that I'm not sad? Is it unnatural for me to not be hurt? Maybe it is.
But if you can justify being as closed minded as you are, if you can sleep at night, if you can convince yourself that you are right and you have no reason to doubt yourself... Then I see no reason to be upset.
I see no reason to care about losing someone who never cared for me in the first place.
Goodbye.
