It's good to have a variety of friends from different perspectives, so that the peer pressure can balance a little. I agree that for relationship commitments, i

It's good to have a variety of friends from different perspectives, so that the peer pressure can balance a little. I agree that for relationship commitments, it's often a more enjoyable to find someone with compatible views rather than just what one community expects from you. In my case, I decided it would be a good learning experience to date a non-Christian whose world view and travel experience is more suitable for mine. I thought it would be a good learning experience, and it is! I didn't expect we'd still be together 4.5 years later, but I'd rather stay long-distance with her than be with anyone else, or single again. Every day my mind wonders why we're still together, and every night we chat online and my heart falls madly in love with her all over again. Side note for church, specifically: my favourite church is where the sermon is convicting and the people are encouraging. My least favourite church is where the sermon is encouraging and the people are convicting.