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Originally Posted by growlycat
No my lack of belief almost never comes up. However, most of the Christians I have known whether family or friends can't just leave it alone that we can be different but still friendly. They feel bothered that I am not saved. I worry that a religious t would see that as something I would need to change. I have plenty to change and work with on but my lack of a spiritual life is just fine by me
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But most of the Christians you have known were not therapists, they were just people who were voicing their personal beliefs. I've never found therapists to be terribly big on voicing their personal beliefs about politics or religion unless I brought it up (which I almost never did), and even then, the conversation had very little to do with their beliefs and more to do with my own (and never got into the particulars of "being saved", etc.) And I've never had the feeling a therapist was trying to incorporate religious belief into my therapy. Therapy was more about my issues and my personal values -- but my personal values aren't particularly different from anyone else's probably -- even an atheist. Most of us work toward the same value goals -- honesty, trust, kindness, compassion, respect, etc. Those are just human values.