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G-Benz · #10 05-12-2003, 12:29 PM

You will have many acquaintances in life...true friends are few.

I have but "one" true friend, in my whole life, and he is still that currently.

You find out early who your friends really are when you are dealing with adversity. It he/she still sticks by you, that is your real friend. Goes the same way the other way around.

Rsbiomedical pointed this out with his friendship with fellow Rangers...friendships in this arena are not made, they are forged!

You don't necessarily have to have the same goals, likes, etc. But you stick together through all life has to throw at you.

Religious zealots can really tax a friendship. I believe a true friend who has "found" God shares their enthusiasm with a close friend and may even invite that person to join them. But a hypocritical zealot is one who suddenly takes a hoiler-than-thou stance and starts to berate a friend's choice of habits, lifestyles...and religion.

I don't believe Jesus would have advanced the Christian cause too well if he spent the better part of his days judging souls instead of offering a way to salvation...and even then, those who feared him eventually had him killed!