Could you be a friend with a christian?

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i am an atheist with many christian friends. i used to be a christian, and when my beliefs matured, i didn't inform most of my old friends, not wanting them to worry over the fate of my non-existent eternal soul.

i can be, have been and still am. (went trough several in my years).

there is nothing wrong with being a christian in my book, as long as you dont try to convert me, i dont care either way (i'm the same towards any religion, even scientology).

the fundamentalist ones, however, are a bit of a problem. i have trouble taking someone seriously if they take the bible (especially creation) to be literal. i enjoy debating those christians, using their own book against them, but those are not compatable to be friends with me.
your run-off-the-mill churchgoer is no problem however.

Of course I could. It's a huge cultural myth that you cannot be friends with someone if you disagree on religion. One of my best friends is a christian, him and I probably have better conversations about religion than anyone else I know, and we're both stout on our beliefs, him being christian and me being atheist.

Having said that, it's annoying for anyone to try to force their beliefs on you, and you've mentioned you don't have the intention of doing that. Therefore, it should be a non-issue when choosing friends.

Well, I am a Christian. Being a Christian just mean that u admit that u have sinned against God and willing to rely on his Holy power to change to a better person that is pleasing to Him. It does not mean Christian are in behaviour better off than Atheist. Therefore, I also had many bad experiences hurt by Christians. But it does not mean that bible is not the truth. I certainly believe that whoever willing to admit their sin are generally a better person than the same person not willing to admit. Also, there is hope for God to change us, rather than ourselves boot strapping. Most of us know, it does not work. Although it may take my whole life to have a slight improvement, I still happy that I am a Christian. I am probably better off a believer than a non believer, honestly, because my life is very tough as an aspire. Anything to alleviate the situation is great. So far I found the Christian faith helps a lot. My friend who is an ex-Christian said may be because Christian doctrines has a lot of counselling and wisdom in it. Whatever it is, I think it helps a lot. The hymn and music in worship, helps my anxiety. It great to know that my mistakes, my weaknesses, God can change for something good and make good use of it. He want to train us to be a better person through the trials, we learn faster in trials than good life. All things work together for my good in eternity value system.

My family is Catholic but not very practicing & I went to a couple Catholic schools but I am a Secular Humanist. I have no problems being friends with Christians or any religion as long as they respect I have different beliefs like I'll respect them.

As long as the person keeps an open mind and allows you to have your own views and you treat them the same, I would be friends with Christians, atheists, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, anyone.

When I was a fairly involved Christian going to church I had a friend that was an atheist. They even asked me if I hated them and I just said, 'I never will.'

Problem is if people are narrow minded I wouldn't just ignore them either. I live with the most close minded atheists that have said some really insulting things about my faith. It's hard to stand up to them but I've dropped some little hints along the way.

I can be friendly to anyone of any religion, as long as they don't force it on me and don't have fundamentalist views (hating on the LGBT community, medical views, etc)

If you're Christian, looking for friends, and limited by your social circumstances mostly to online socializing, you are in for a world of frustration. There is a great deal of anti-Christian sentiment online. There is a great deal of anti-Christian sentiment among people "on the spectrum".

If you are American, of from another mostly-Christian country, Christianity is "the establishment". Those predisposed to hating the establishment are going to hate Christians, even if they rarely are bothered by Christians.

I live in a very liberal, secular city, and still, among the tech-savvy here, you'd think we were living the frickin' Crusades. Christianity has no purchase whatsoever in my workplace (quite the contrary, actually--it's quite Christian-hostile), nor does it have any sway in the local fandom social circles. I haven't had any Jehova's Witnesses knock on my door in the twenty years I've lived here. I've never seen anyone preaching on a street corner. Christian influence--even a frickin' Merry Christmas--isn't tolerated even the slightest in any circles I travel, yet everyone complains how repressed they are for not being Christian.

Yes, I do! I love being friends with my fellow Christians! Just like I love God!