Making new friends at church?

It's no problem if you have friends you grew up with in your hometown and you never left. Living in your hometown can crush your soul.

But you move away. Your mom tells you, "Find a good church. You'll find lifetime friends there."

The opportunity cost: you have to march in step. Take upon yourself a certain system of beliefs.

Contemporary Christian singer Michael W Smith sang, "...friends are friends forever if the Lord is Lord of them." If your understanding of God evolves differently from their understanding of God, the deal is off. You lose your friends if you change your religion.

Don't make those kind of friends.