Thank you! My own mother has been a Christian for like 40 years, but I know so much more about the bible than her. It's weird.

I get you, but I swear I wasn't trying to come off as a condescending know-it-all. I thought I was just sharing a fun fact.

Thank you :)

That's interesting, thank you for sharing.

We are classmates and this was a team-building thing I signed up for. I didn't know they were this sensitive. If I did, I would have kept my mouth shut because I wouldn't want to cause conflict.

See, you're the kind of Christian I wouldn't be afraid of hanging out with. But even if you were a traditional Christian, we could still be friends if we could respectfully debate stuff like this.

I was also careful to not step on it, but more out of respect for Judaism lol.

I know what you mean, some atheists can be weird and I definitely was when I first lost my faith. But I have grown a lot and I respect all religions. I can see the beauty in religion, I love how the festivals unite people, I love how some people find comfort in it and all of that. I don't hate religions, in fact I want to learn more about them. And yes, I know the star of David is more of a Jewish symbol. Also, I did try to make the situation better by explaining that I've taken to learn about other religions and I particularly found this David story fascinating. But that just made it worse, because one of the people told me to stop straying and remember my roots (coz she knows I used to be Christian). She sounded annoyed when she said that, so I just kept quiet after that.

I know right? I thought I was doing a good thing, because I was like "Hey, even a doubting atheist like me cannot deny David, a key figure in the bible, didn't exist. There is undisputed proof of him existing, so you guys might be on to something." You know? I didn't mean for my comment to challenge their faith or anything like that.

Haha, yeah.

Of course, I would never dream or trying to convert or deconvert anyone. I was a Christian myself and I lost my faith. It was a really painful experience.

Awww, I wish I could go hiking with you too! I need the exercise lol.

That's what I thought. Isn't Jesus sometimes referred to as "the son of David"?

It's possible, but judging by their faces and body language I don't think that was the case. My bf thinks the same thing as me. Because I also mentioned to one of them that after I left the church I've started exploring other religions to learn about them. She didn't seem impressed and told me to "remember my roots", coz she knows I grew up Christian. Which is funny, because I'm Indian, so if we're talking about my roots, wouldn't the religion in question be Hinduism? (This is mostly a joke, I know what she meant)

It's possible, but judging by their faces and body language I don't think that was the case. My bf thinks the same thing as me. Because I also mentioned to one of them that after I left the church I've started exploring other religions to learn about them. She didn't seem impressed and told me to "remember my roots", coz she knows I grew up Christian. Which is funny, because I'm Indian, so if we're talking about my roots, wouldn't the religion in question be Hinduism? (This is mostly a joke, I know what she meant)

I don't have a choice lol. A bunch of people in my life are Christian, like my mother. I mostly get along with them tho.

They were actually my classmates and ironically this was supposed to be a team-building experience. I won't really be seeing much of them anymore since it's the end of the year, so nothing lost. I think I mostly felt bad because so many of them were upset that I assumed I was in the wrong.

I have other friends luckily :) It's just that most live far away, so I wanted to get out there and try to make more friends. I guess I just have to keep looking.

Thank you so much. I really needed the reassurance because I'm a weirdo that struggles to make friends and this has be upsetting me all day.