I know God exists and have been serving him with distinction for 25 years at great cost to my physical and mental health. So I am tired, quite ill and poor ( none of which I blame God for…I had the choice to refuse service but I chose the path less travelled ) and before God went about trying to stick me to a couple pieces of lumber I decided I had earned myself a break and was gonna take some time to reflect from “the other side”. So basically I handed in my indefinite leave of absence under a solitary condion: “God would not interfere with my path as long as I did my best to not interfere with God’s true believers” Sounded like a pretty sound arrangement at the time but proved to be problematic. While it is true that in NA “true” believers are exceedingly rare…even most clergy wouldn’t qualify. But down to buisness…by chance I met this really nice and devote Jewish girl and I’d meet her from time to time at her work and we were starting to become friends but then I remembered my arrangement with God and realized that if she were my friend that at the very least I would be honour bound to protect her and that would be a violation of the “arrangement” so I stopped seeing her b4 we became friends. She is a good person but if I explained why I was staying away I don’t think she would fully understand. Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this moral dilema ( and please give good arguements )?
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So where is the problem?
You state that you have an agreement with God. This would mean that God is in agreement that you are following a different pat in your relationship. This mean it is now different and not that it does not exist.
Interference would be if you were to attempt to cause denial. You yourself and God both are in agreement and therefore it also places you as a true believer in Gods existence and that God has agreed this means God believes in your chosen path being acceptable or you could not have made the agreement. You are showing your commitment and devotion by making the agreement and holding to it just as she does in her devotion in being Jewish.
You would need to understand that the Jewish faith does not claim that their path is the only path but rather that their path is the path that is correct for themselves. This does not diminish the ability for someone to follow another path of equal validity for the other person. If you have a committed path and show respect for her, you will be respected for your commitment to your relationship by her and those of the Jewish faith. It is a matter of following your own personal path with respect and not following the same path. In fact if you pretend and do not follow your path, that would be viewed as being disrespectful.
I am a Pagan minister and co-group leader of an officially recognized and sponsored US Military Pagan group that meets in a base chapel. As such our group interacts with and works alongside Christian, Jewish, Muslim and nondenominational religious leaders. We all provide similar services and this is done with respect for one another. Each of us also stands to protect the other in their path or in the case of the non-denominational and our Pagan group paths which we represent.
The only way you would be in violation of your “arrangement” would be if you would be disrespectful of her beliefs and this would require you to be disrespectful of her which in turn means you are not being a true friend and it is in her best interest that you stay away from her anyway.
In your assumption that she would not understand is not showing her respect because you are not giving her the chance to understand. It would be wise for you to have a discussion with her and get some basic knowledge of her beliefs, you may find that they are much more tolerant and accepting than you have assumed. If she is as devout as you believe and a true believer in her Jewish path having a friendship should be no problem. I am one of the most openly practicing Pagans in my area, it comes not only with the position but also my personality and experience. I have friends of various faiths and paths. Our differences do not cause conflicts but do open for more knowledge and understanding. Our similarities and mutual respect does support the friendship.
I hope this was a good enough argument to help you solve your moral dilemma. I have been a pagan for over 30 years and openly active as such with the military for 17 years so my answer is based on experience with friends, family and colleagues among others.
Jubus, Jewish Buddhist, a little bit of both…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubus
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Atheist protect people too y’know. I make friends, and I’d protect should I ever need to. That’s not a religious thing. That’s why it’s called friendship.
Go and tell her you’re sorry, and that you still want to be friends.
gosh you sound cool, too bad that God talk is brainwashed into you. it’s just a fable book. but i mean, if you need a line to quote to live your life, that’s your call. try sports illustrated, cool lines in there.
Just send her the paragraph you just wrote. I guarantee you’ll never see her again. And her phone number will likely be changed.
Be wary of residing in heaths (that’s where the word comes from), it’s prickly in there!
What’s done is done.
God gets real serious when it comes to vows.