Better to avoid friction in friendship

Friendship is the only relationship on Earth in which religion does not play a role. It was, is and will continue to be a pristine relationship. Nevertheless, there are some points that need to be kept in mind to continue the healthy relationship with friends through eternity. Many taboo topics are to be avoided, the most important and sensitive of them being religion. Though we don’t find it to be that common these days, yet there exists a few circumstances in which these topics slip in causing bitterness. When a person belonging to another belief criticizes your beliefs and customs it is something really difficult to take. A worse condition being they are your friends and you don’t want to be rude to them. At the same time you have to be true to your religion and faith and you can’t be mute to their criticisms. You try your best to be polite and explain your stand, but they unabatedly continue to mock at or argue with you. It’s ok, in such situations either stand unshaken and support your view or better explain to them that such topics are not necessary to be discussed then. After all those who resort to such arguments should understand the simple truth that all religions preach the same values and only the means of devotion and prayers vary. And all religions have the doctrine that the other shouldn’t be belittled. What may seem funny to someone in another religion may be a faith of high regard for the other belonging to that religion. So don’t ever thrust your ideas or claims upon others. When there can be sentiments that vary from person to person it’s not surprising to have a few sentiments and beliefs specific to a caste or religion and none can prove it wrong. And there’s no need to find out how scientific or logical a belief is. We are not scientists working on an experiment. It’s ‘life’ that we are living; faiths and sentiments can be arbitrary; they don’t need at all a scientific support. That is why it’s called ‘belief’. God has a reason for making beliefs existent and we humans are no way better than Him to challenge traditions like an iconoclast. True civilization lies in how tolerant you are to other religious beliefs and how well you look at them with respect. Don’t ever hurt a person’s feelings just because you don’t follow it. If you find something in their religion that’s not compliant with yours, so would there be a thing in yours that would not conform to theirs. It’s not about finding out who’s right or wrong or which practice has a strong stand or reason behind. It’s about having one’s own faiths and at the same time venerating others’ too.