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Hello everyone, this is actually my first post here in the Christian Forums. I didn't really know where online I could discuss this, but I felt like the best plate to talk about it was with like-minded people who could offer helpful advice that had a positive impact on me and in which, in turn, could reinforce my faith in the almighty God, Son, and Holy Spirit.
But anyways, you read the title, and I need advice and/or help. Recently, I've been walking on rough terrain with my online friends in a social media app called Discord. If you don't know what that is, basically it's where only certain people who are invited get to be in a 'server' and only those people get to talk to each other and no one else. It's a group chat basically. Well, I got invited to one that my cousin created and I've been there for about I say about a month. There's maybe 15 people there. I know most of the people in that server in real life as well so it's not just confined to online talk. My cousin owns it and he wanted me to join it so we all could talk about stuff. However (here's the catch) one of the users in there (I know him in real life) likes to act cynical and negative about everything and loves to argue. He's really a go-getter for arguing and saying his opinion. He's also an atheist and heavily dislikes Christians so I was a bit hesitant to join but I did anyways because my cousin is friends with him, so why not? I join into the server and not 5 minutes later he's being negative about my religion. I defend myself and he says that "I'm lost in the mind." And this goes on and on basically. Then, when the topic finally changes and I chime in, he starts arguing with me about that too. We went from arguing about the age of legally drinking in different countries, then we argued about weather dogs should be cooked and eaten, then we argued about which car manufacturer is the superior one, and just a whole heap of random things; it's just relentless.
Well, I finally snapped one day and made him look bad and I made all 15 or so people in there hate me and I got banned from the server. I still have contact with my cousin so I don't think all is lost. The issue, however, is that I can't seem to get my mind wrapped around why they bothered me so much. I said my points as fairly as I could and they said that I was a sore loser who can't seem to say mature opinions. I'm not sure what they're talking about but I must have bothered them in some way. I never spoke about Christianity in the server but they all knew it, so I guess my Christian ideology must have upset them I guess? I'll never know. But anyways, I just need help because I said some things that I regret. Does anyone have any advice that they could offer me? Because I don't feel well being that harsh. They all were getting on my nerves and I turned on all of them and now I feel bad. Thanks.
But anyways, you read the title, and I need advice and/or help. Recently, I've been walking on rough terrain with my online friends in a social media app called Discord. If you don't know what that is, basically it's where only certain people who are invited get to be in a 'server' and only those people get to talk to each other and no one else. It's a group chat basically. Well, I got invited to one that my cousin created and I've been there for about I say about a month. There's maybe 15 people there. I know most of the people in that server in real life as well so it's not just confined to online talk. My cousin owns it and he wanted me to join it so we all could talk about stuff. However (here's the catch) one of the users in there (I know him in real life) likes to act cynical and negative about everything and loves to argue. He's really a go-getter for arguing and saying his opinion. He's also an atheist and heavily dislikes Christians so I was a bit hesitant to join but I did anyways because my cousin is friends with him, so why not? I join into the server and not 5 minutes later he's being negative about my religion. I defend myself and he says that "I'm lost in the mind." And this goes on and on basically. Then, when the topic finally changes and I chime in, he starts arguing with me about that too. We went from arguing about the age of legally drinking in different countries, then we argued about weather dogs should be cooked and eaten, then we argued about which car manufacturer is the superior one, and just a whole heap of random things; it's just relentless.
Well, I finally snapped one day and made him look bad and I made all 15 or so people in there hate me and I got banned from the server. I still have contact with my cousin so I don't think all is lost. The issue, however, is that I can't seem to get my mind wrapped around why they bothered me so much. I said my points as fairly as I could and they said that I was a sore loser who can't seem to say mature opinions. I'm not sure what they're talking about but I must have bothered them in some way. I never spoke about Christianity in the server but they all knew it, so I guess my Christian ideology must have upset them I guess? I'll never know. But anyways, I just need help because I said some things that I regret. Does anyone have any advice that they could offer me? Because I don't feel well being that harsh. They all were getting on my nerves and I turned on all of them and now I feel bad. Thanks.
