A Recently Born-Again Friend

So, a few nights ago, I was at a Christmas party put on by some good high school friends, and I found out that one of my other HS friends had recently "become" a Christian (he's been atheist for as long as I've known him).

That night I was taking a break from the crowd and noise, checking my e-mail on a comfy couch in my friend's den. Then my friend PC plunked down into a chair across from me, book in hand. It was a Bible, which was weird for PC since he's always ridiculed religion whenever given a chance.

I make an offhand remark that it's a "classic", he then starts talking about how, yeah, he's studying Revelation because his church group leader said he might find it interesting and insightful. My ears perked at "church group" and "Revelation". WTF? I decided being peaceful and soft-spoken was the best way to go about talking with PC. I told him, "Hey, whatever floats your boat." This seemed to prompt him into telling me his I-got-saved-and-so-can-you! story about how one of his college buddies begged him to go to church one Sunday. He said he didn't really like the service, but that the church preacher asked him to come back the following Sunday, so he did.

It was at that point that I started feeling deeply uncomfortable with the direction in which this conversation was headed. He said that his 2nd visit to the church opened his eyes and he felt a heavy weight lifted from him during the service. PC told me he felt happier than he ever has in a long, long time. I told him I was happy that he found something that made him happy, saying this in a truly friendly way. This only seemed to push him on. PC said he wants everyone to feel as happy as he does and told me he had brought another of our friends (who, last I knew, was a lesbian and snorted whatever she had at hand) and that she was "saved," too. This is why he's studying Asian culture and languages so that he can go on a Missionary trip to Cambodia or Indonesia next summer, so that he could tell other people of the happiness he had found.
This gave me the chills. It was like Kirk Cameron had taken over my friend's body.

*silence*

I struggled to find something to say. I ended up telling him about some family friends of mine who have a Christian gospel band and have some beautiful, cultural songs that I enjoy listening to, if only because I enjoy my friend's voice. PC said that he didn't like Gospel music yet. He said, "I still like rock, like Rise Against and Genesis."

I giggled to myself. It seemed PC thought that when he became a Christian, his music tastes would change, hence not liking gospel music yet.

I've never had a Born-Again Christian friend. I've had a few Baptist and Methodist pals, but they just grew up like that. I have no idea how to act around PC anymore, the situation is just so otherworldly.

I welcome any advice or insight from you guys. Thanks.