SweetMelissa, in situations like that, it helps greatly to have a sympathetic ear you can vent to. I had a similar situation this past weekend where I very strongly disagreed with what was being preached at my own church. It turned out that a friend happened to be there at the same time and I was able to vent my spleen a little bit and get reassurance that the garbage this guy was preaching had caused consternation for a lot of other people too. It made me feel a lot better.
When I have to deal one-on-one with people like that, along the lines of what Shamou said, I try to be as non-committal as possible and, unless it's something I feel unusually strongly about, respond in such a way as to end the conversation or change the subject as quickly as possible without being rude. In other words, let them finish what they're saying, acknowledge their point of view, then move on to a less sensitive topic.
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