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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    Agree and it's really important supporting friends in difficult situations like this. In the last months I have attempted reconciling relationships of people I cut off because of politics or religious views, admit my political views aren't really welcomed here but as I mature, I realised the...
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    She is a cheerful girl as long as I've known her, yet I thought of what kind of influence she had, probably it comes from her own family, friends and just her fear. Yet it might be loneliness or lack of connection, as most of our mutual friends and I are living in another city. Probably she...
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    Agree totally and fear/uncertainties really bring irrational fears, and conspiracy theories are like a cocoon for them- once got into them they'll get too comfortable with them. This troubles everyone and even Christians (the lady I know is Catholic, but both of us are frankly not really...
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    Something similar but more like from a group of hippies, the issue is, in Germany these obscure Telegram channels often have extremist/ anti-Semitic folks lurking around or having them as admins.
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    She actually mentioned she's Catholic and from a quite religious household, yet to be frank we both aren't the most religious folks at all. The issue is how she got addicted to this mindset, which is both dangerous (just imagine her family at her house and neighbours!) and selfish. Before Covid...
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    It's more or less inevitable meeting her both IRL and virtually, if I have to censor everything I say (there's a chance that she subscribe to other conspiracy theories, so she might be triggered from certain mentions) it's no longer somebody I enjoy being friends with.
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    Thanks and exactly, I've already kept things to minimum and it was quite a bummer learning about this. Hi-byes are enough but meeting up for lengthy calls or Skyping? No more. Yet sometimes I wished and prayed for her abandoning these views but the whole thing is... difficult. We don't know...
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    I actually stood firm and not believing in what she believes, yet burning bridges isn't yet the appropriate thing at this moment. Before the pandemic she used to be a nice, intelligent person but out of fear and uncertainties, dangerous beliefs start to seep into people's minds. It was quite...
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    She denied the existence of the virus and claimed the whole pandemic being artificially made. Have to keep our contact to bare minimum except on projects or workplace.
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    I rejected everything she believes and I didn't join it at all. At one point I feel like she should face the facts that it won't go well, even though she still has some redeemable traits, now I really have to rethink about our friendship. I mean, actually I wanted her going back to the right...
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    She and me used to be pretty close but until the moment for this very unexpected moment when I discovered her ugly beliefs a couple weeks ago. A close friend no more.
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    Friend denies COVID and forces me into her worldview

    A close friend of mine is living in one of the riskiest areas (also very densely populated) where there's already a curfew during night hours. However even as late as September and as of today she still doesn't take the pandemic seriously and still insists the virus being fake. The most worrying...
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    Is Ziggy Stardust A Demon?

    Please don't only get spiritual resources from clickbaity sites or Youtubers, there's just too much disinformation and fear. if I were you I'd find a Christian friend to talk to, or seek advices from authoritative figures such as pastors and ministers, as well as people with formal theological...
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    Visiting Japanese Shrines as a Tourist

    It is no big issue visiting and appreciating them merely from an artistic aspect, their deities are nothing after all. However I won't be engaging in the activities such as washing hands before entering the shrine, ringing the bell or buying talismans from the clergy there. Even it's just out of...