Are most of your friends the same religion as you?

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My two best friends: partner who is agnostic/non-religious and friend who is Muslim
 
No,
Their usually perplexed on how I go to church every week,
Sometimes If deemed or if a reason to, they have freewill.
 
I don’t have any Catholic friends right now but I do have some good Christian friends. The only thing some don’t get is why I insist on attending mass every week as they mostly just give it a miss when out of town.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
  1. No
  2. If they are a friend, then they view me as a nice person whom they enjoy being around
  3. No
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This is how I am, as well.

When I meet someone, I don’t think about what their religious background is at first. I think of them as a person first–who they are as a person–what kind of person they are.

I have friends of different faiths.
 
Chiming in with Bear and Oldgraymare.

A similar situation but adding that I have cut proselyting ’friends’ from my acquaintance, regardless of denomination. I’m perfectly happy for friends and family to be pious, warmly religious, I had clergy inlaws. It’s when they cannot keep from nagging (and nagging and nagging ad nauseam) people even after being politely asked to stop that I just cull them.
Excessive religion is fine but please go do it somewhere else.
And that in return means I learned not to be that person.
 
My friends are either Christian and non-Catholic, or not religious but respectful of other people’s faith. I think I’d probably steer away from aggressively-vocal atheists.

I’m the only Catholic in my circle of family and friends, because I’m a convert.
 
evangelical said:
Is it the Filipino country that is 85%catholic??
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Yes its the Philippines and every day we talk about Christ and his mother Mary. Nobody here is embarrassed to discuss religion. Even Malls and office blocks have small chapels where people can go to pray lunchtime, coffee breaks or whatever.
 
Is it true that veneration to the Virgin of Guadalupe is huge in The Philippines?
 
evangelical said:
Are most of your friends the same religion as you?
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Yeah, most of my friends are Catholic. I spend most of my time in and around Church and Catholic apostolates.
evangelical said:
How do your non religious friends view you?
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The only really non-religious group I’m involved with is my local community mental health organization (I’m both a consumer of services and on their board of directors). They know of my religious affiliation and activities and they respect me for my devotion and committment.
evangelical said:
Do you try to influence your friend’s ?
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I don’t directly try to influence my non-Catholic friends except through my daily living witness. I do try to influence my Catholic friends by teaching them more about the Faith when it seems called for.
 
  1. Mostly Catholic, although my closest friend is an staunch Atheist.
  2. They respect my views as I respect theirs
  3. We don’t try and influence each other, but we do have lively debates every now and then.
 
No.

Quite a lot of my friends are atheists, a a few are Methodists, some are Anglican and some are Catholic. I live in the UK, if I stuck to only Catholic friends, I would struggle.

But is it not better to be a Catholic in the world and socialise with all and sundry?
 
I don’t know about better but it is the reality when you live among Protestants and others… just have to love and suffer them
 
Is there not a better opportunity to evangelise through example if you live among and socialise with non-Catholics?
 
on the one hand it is an opportunity… on the other hand it is a challenge because as a Catholic you are under attack and criticism most of the time… just my experience
 
True, but we need other Catholics to supoort us on our own faith journeys, especially if you live in a culture hostile to Catholicism or Christianity in general. Not having Catholic friends can easily lead one to despair.
 
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