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Scenario

How to maintain friendship when beliefs diverge dramatically

Three of us have been best friends since college and we used to talk about everything, but now one friend has become deeply religious and another has become militantly atheist and I'm caught in the middle watching them hurt each other. Our group texts have become minefields and I miss who we used to be together.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The evolution of individual spiritual paths threatens to destroy the intimacy that friendship requires, leaving love and ideology at war.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Religion and gender — the contested terrain?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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