Please don't misunderstand me -- rejecting your belief *is not* the same thing as rejecting *you*. Even though we disagree, I would defend your right to believe what you'd like, and I applaud your willingness to suffer for what you believe in. Just because we could not worship together doesn't mean we cannot work and even socialize together. One of my oldest and most dear friends firmly holds to a set of doctrines against which I would vehemently protest. We're still dear friends.