Let me first say that plenty of my best friends have been Christians. They're generally good and loving people with the ability to stand by your side through the toughest of storms, and I thank God for my faithful Christian friends. My problem is not with Christians in general--it is with those fake people you meet at church who act friendly on Sunday morning but don't think twice about you the rest of the week.
I've never had a real church friend, and if things keep going the way they always have, I probably never will. All the real friends I've made have been from school, not church. Why? Because there's a fundamental difference between people you meet at church and people you meet outside its walls. Church folk want to be your friend so you will stick around. Real friends want you to stick around because you're their friend.
I'm just so tired of the numbers game. If you wanted to be my real friend, would you limit our interactions to once or twice a week inside a designated building surrounded by our other friends, or would you invite me to have coffee sometime for some one-on-one conversation so we can get to know one another? Or how about those get-togethers on Friday night's? I bet you're inviting all your real friends to those, but why not send me a quick text? I'll tell you why. Because the people we meet in church are not interested in knowing us on a personal level. They are interested in boosting their attendance, and to do that they act friendly and pretend to care. Well frankly, I would rather be ignored than taunted with this fake form of friendship. Christianity should be about love, not numbers.
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