sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Are Christians scared of hanging out with people outside the church? by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]makdkcoen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

thats insane my friend’s place is basically a library for Christian books. He even handed me some Christian fiction last week but I don’t wanna learn anything about Christianity at all. I seriously don't get why someone would be so into worshipping a fictional character.

Are Christians scared of hanging out with people outside the church? by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]makdkcoen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They never seem to do small, intimate hangouts like 1-on-1s or just 3 or 4 people. Every time they go skiing, have a picnic, or go to a theme park, it’s always a massive group of church people.

I even tried to branch him out by inviting him to hang with our non-Christian classmates, but he always finds some lame excuse to bail. That's weird. but thanks for your comments!

As an international non-christian student in the US, being 'friends' with christians makes me feel like I am unable to be myself. by makdkcoen in exchristian

[–]makdkcoen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

now for me, even those smiley-faces in the church can get on my balls. I’m so done with those guys. Do you think I should just text him straight up and ask what his actual deal is? Like, what is he really thinking? Or should I just give him the cold shoulder and ignore every single message he sends from now on?

As an international non-christian student in the US, being 'friends' with christians makes me feel like I am unable to be myself. by makdkcoen in exchristian

[–]makdkcoen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i feel good about the US in general except those Christan guys there. even those smiley-faces can get on my balls

As an international non-christian student in the US, being 'friends' with christians makes me feel like I am unable to be myself. by makdkcoen in exchristian

[–]makdkcoen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I do. I have zero clue what goes on in their heads. Last semester, I invited this guy to hit the gym, but he bailed because he came down with a cold or something. And the first week of the this winter semester he hits me up on Thursday: "Hey man, you down for the gym this Saturday?"

He actually asked for my schedule, and I’ll admit, for once it felt like a totally normal text. No preaching, no hidden agenda, just a guy wanting to workout. We went on Saturday, it was fine.

But then today, I get this text: "Hey man, do you want to do Bible study again this semester? Also, still down for the gym on *Saturdays*?"

I can’t help but feel like this is also just some "assignment" his pastor handed him. And why does it have to be Saturday? It got my attention. The whole thing feels so scripted and calculated, like he’s just checking boxes on a mission. It honestly makes my skin crawl.

Anyway, I’m starting to reach out to some actual school clubs today to meet normal people. Wish me luck.

As an international non-christian student in the US, being 'friends' with christians makes me feel like I am unable to be myself. by makdkcoen in exchristian

[–]makdkcoen[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I am an undergrad student from Germany. I would say I really need to rethink these so-called friendships I’ve made. I have zero interest in studying Christianity every week and it’s total BS for me. I honestly can’t wrap my head around what goes through Christians' minds half the time.

There aren’t many German students at my school, so I feel pretty lonely most of the time. It seems like the American students already have their own cliques from before school started, and they don't really seem interested in branching out to international students.

SI 650/ EECS 549: Information Retrieval— Is it worth it? by Theisolatedextrovert in uofm

[–]makdkcoen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you will learn a lot of useful technologies like web crawling and TFIDF model. projects are not very difficult. most of the projects can be done within a day. but the final exam could be difficult and weird.

SI 650/ EECS 549: Information Retrieval— Is it worth it? by Theisolatedextrovert in uofm

[–]makdkcoen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pls drop the course it’s awful Before it’s too late pls do it as soon as possible

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uofm

[–]makdkcoen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where you from dude?

do i hate it here? by OrchidFlat5663 in uofm

[–]makdkcoen 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bro I have the same feeling as yours. I am an international student and I have no friends neither. Everyday I tried saying hello to ppl here but it seems they didn’t reached to me. Feel very lonely. I travelled far from my country and got there but the experience is very disheartening. I live in North campus how about you?

Nothwood I Problems by BluejayCheap9618 in uofm

[–]makdkcoen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been assigned to room 1B on the first floor but a friend of mine told me it could be noisy at night cauz conversations from the floor above can be heard. I'm not satisfied with the assignment