Atheist>spiritual>catholic jesuit
Bit of a story but a close friend and fwb of mine whom I have known for 15+ years told me he’s been celibate for a couple months and is planning on joining the Jesuit priesthood and I can’t help but feel like I’m helplessly watching someone I care about fall into a crazy cult right in front of me. It’s really making me sad and I want to just grab him by the shoulders and shake him to his senses. Of course I respect the fact he can make his own decisions and life choices but it’s such an extreme change I feel like I’m mourning him. I don’t know what I can do, if anything. I’m scared to lose him either by sitting on the sidelines and watching or trying to convince him not to. Anyone have any experience with this? It’s making me really feel hatred towards religion in general.