Reply #10: One of my best friends

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is a fundie. She only became "born again" about 10 years ago, but she and I agree to disagree on the subject of religion. She understands how I feel about the likes of Robertson, Falwell and the rest of them, and knows I relish every opportunity to put them down.

If you knew that your friend was a jingoistic republican before their posting of the essay, I would simply comment to them on the veracity of some of the facts contained therein. As it stands, there is enough evidence online to dispute their opinions on the subject. If you didn't know that your friend was as rabid as they appear in that essay, I would suggest that you confront them and ask them why they feel that way about current events. I don't know whether you knew they maintained this journal for awhile or not, but that will have a bearing on how much you can tell them if they've been doing this for awhile, and you ignored it up to this point. Someone just doesn't turn into this kind of person overnight--there must have been signs in their personality or writing before this.

You might lose a friend, but my friend and I are still very close and dear friends. We just understand each has different beliefs and different ways of looking at the world. In fact, Bush's behavior has even set my friend and her family off, and there is a possibility that they will vote for Kerry come November. (I hope)