Can you become friends with a Rabbi, Priest, Minister and/or Imam and if so is it easier to be friends with this clergy if there from your faith or from a different path? This is a difficult question to ask here are a few more questions to help you discover if this can be a successful relationship for you.
1) If they are from your faith will they continually challenge to go into this faith and/or if they are from a different faith will they seek to push you in that direction? Can you or do you want to accept this pressure in your life.
2) Is the reason you have not drawn that friendship line because you’re afraid to show your flaws to them and/or find the flaws of this holy individual?
3) Would your entire faith be challenged if such flaws became apparent in this individual of the cloth?
4) Do you believe this individual will help you become a better person or will they continually nudge you down a path that you don’t seek?
5) Are the able to understand and empathize with your world as you do with theirs?
6) Can you both roll your sleeves up and be who you are without crossing the line into being rude or insulting?
7) Most importantly can you truly be good friends through such characteristics as loyalty, honesty, empathy and fun?