What do you do when you belong to a deeply religious community but live differently? ( Archived) (5)

Jun 16, 2010 6:48 AM CST What do you do when you belong to a deeply religious community but live differently?
rsa198429
rsa198429rsa198429Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa1 Threads 2 Posts
I belong to a certain religious faith but live more spiritually and have different ideas on life to that of the community I live in. The type of community it is frowns upon anything different so I don't really know what to do.

I am not attracted to women of ny own faith due to the conservative lives they live so need some advise about how to approach relationships with women of different faiths/culture without burning any bridges.
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Jun 16, 2010 6:52 AM CST What do you do when you belong to a deeply religious community but live differently?
plainlyjune
plainlyjuneplainlyjuneLegazpi City, Bicol Philippines12 Threads 2 Polls 8,175 Posts
people will learn to accept eventually. know what's important to you and what makes you happy. understanding may not happen but acceptance will. comfort
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Jun 16, 2010 6:59 AM CST What do you do when you belong to a deeply religious community but live differently?
rsa198429
rsa198429rsa198429Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa1 Threads 2 Posts
I would love to just express myself and be who I am but I have formed such close relationships and am scared that I will lose them
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Jun 16, 2010 7:05 AM CST What do you do when you belong to a deeply religious community but live differently?
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
I live in a community that is not of my culture and I not of their's.

I understand it can be very difficult at times, but you've got to live life the way that is true to you.

I've found that those who accept me for who I am (and recognise that my way of life is not harmful to others and positive in many of the ways that their's is), are friends/acquaintances worth having.

Just be yourself. Some will like you, some won't. That's the way it goes.

Jac xxx
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Jun 16, 2010 7:06 AM CST What do you do when you belong to a deeply religious community but live differently?
Costapacket
CostapacketCostapacketparis, Centre-Val de Loire France2 Threads 2,182 Posts
rsa198429: I would love to just express myself and be who I am but I have formed such close relationships and am scared that I will lose them


Be tactful, and if somebody cant accept you for who you are then in my opinion, they are not worth knowing...
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