Would you date someone whose religion is different than your

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No. I could never date someone who is religious. Anything less than a 3 digit IQ is completely unappealing to me.

If you are serious about the IQ business, you should do some actual research to see if that holds out. Otherwise you might be seriously limiting your pool of potential suitors. Just saying...

I find this immensely disturbing but a little funny. My IQ is actually on the high side (per psychological testing and not my own personal beliefs), I qualify for Mensa (have no desire to belong to an organization like that) and I am a deeply committed passionate follower of Jesus Christ. I guess that blows that theory out of the water!!!

I can't keep up with all the responses anymore, and I don't care to read all the religious/non-religious-debate-rubbish, so if you have a caring, non-judgmental response that actually addresses my OP, send me a message!

I'm avoiding reading a paper on parasitism for class, so these other side discussions are giving me a distraction. In all seriousness, I responded to you before saying how my husband and I are different religions. Hidden in all this mess, is some good advice (and alot of bad and name calling) but in the end I hope you figure out what is best for you and feel to message me if you want to talk anymore!

I fear I need to go take an IQ test now, since as a religious person I can therefore not be smart and logical. I should probably give all those diplomas on my wall back

if eye cud reed wut U righted I wud cry. But God make me dumm so I no reed. Bad God. Bad. I not want be a dumm. I think no God. Now I are smart!

I fear I need to go take an IQ test now, since as a religious person I can therefore not be smart and logical. I should probably give all those diplomas on my wall back

if eye cud reed wut U righted I wud cry. But God make me dumm so I no reed. Bad God. Bad. I not want be a dumm. I think no God. Now I are smart!

hahaha

As someone who has lived a Catholic-Atheist marriage, I would recommend that you marry someone who shares your own beliefs. Life gets you to go deeper, and if you can do so as a couple, you will be able to weather the tough times.

The beliefs that you raise your kids to have is really important. And if you are a woman, your husband will influence your children more than you will ever be able to. There are studies that bear this out. When it comes to discipline, you have to have the same values as to what is right and wrong, and if your spouse doesn't feel the way you do, the kids get the message pretty fast.

The one thing that I miss the most (and we have been married 27 years), is being able to pray together. I've been really impressed by JPII's Theology of the Body, and I would love to live this ideal with my husband. But that is not to be.

For the question of your x, I would want to know if he is interested in converting to your faith. Is he willing to worship with you? To go to Church with you? If he is, I would encourage him along this path. Once you are family, your lives will revolve around the parish, and if he is a full participant, you will be able to share so much more, and so much more deeply.

Everything she said it true, I have the same issue as her, I cant share some things with him that Id like to , but I married him before I knew what the bible taught, he's is great about everything though. I hope our kids follow the path I want them too -I lived a life not following gods laws and it full of heartache and misery. They bible does say "marry only in the Lord" which means marry someone of the same faith it is in there for A REASON , to protect us. I dont believe what the person with the cougar bait pic said about the bible not be true, It was inspired of God and was written before, during, and after Jesus coming to earth. Anyway I usually dont talk about my beliefs or state what religion I am because everyone can practice what ever they want and I never argue about my beliefs a a rule. Hope this thread doesnt turn into a catfight! It is easier in life to date/marry someone who shares your beliefs about God, but it can work out if they dont.

Im 100% atheist..&ive dated an extreme religious guy before. I had to lie to him & tell him I was a christian as well, just so he wouldnt leave me. I loved him too much to let him go. But, in the end, I found out he cheated on me over 20 times with a guy..what kind of christain is that? LOL. Then i told him he wasted his time dating/falling in love with an atheist for a whole year. He didnt care at first, but once he had his new girlfriend at the time, he'd call and make fun of me and they'd both be laughing in the background
He told me he missed me & said he was sorry 2 years later (which was last year), so,We're cool beans now.

But, I dont get these comments from the non-believers bashing on christians...thats direspectful.
I mean, I called my ex a jesus freak, but he knew I was kidding. We'd make fun of eachother..

but, you guys r going too far..that isnt right.

STFU (:

I dont believe what the person with the cougar bait pic said about the bible not be true, It was inspired of God and was written before, during, and after Jesus coming to earth.

The New Testament was definitely inspired by Christ but was 100% not written during the life of Christ. But that inspiration also caused differences in interpretation of his teachings and biased what was later written. The literacy rate during his life was 10%-15% and being literate meant you can write your name, not necessarily that you could intelligibly read or write. It's a generally accepted fact among historians than non of his disciples were literate. They were poor and worked manually to sustain their family, literacy wasn't a requirement for survival. With maybe the exception of Paul there are no first-hand written accounts of Christ's life. The authors of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were not Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the authors are unknown. They were likely people that heard them preach and told the stories verbally until somebody along and wrote them down. Furthermore, the Gospel of Mark was a reference for Matthew and Luke so much of their Gospels wasn't even original thought. Make no mistake about it, the bible is not this factual eye-witness account of Christ's life.

Again, I have no problem with religion itself but rather how it's used.

guess what, everybody! your religion does not define who you are.
you define who you are. the choices you make, the things you think, and the things you say define who you are, not where you hang out on your rest day or what you believe happens after you die.
the biggest *kitten* ever could be a christian or a jew or a muslim or a buddhist or an atheist. on the other hand, the most good person ever could be a christian or a jew or a muslim or a buddhist or an atheist.
to judge people based solely on their religion is wrong. to say you can't be with somebody based solely on their religion is wrong.
if you believe that when you die, you go to heaven, great! if your significant otter believes that when you die, you are reincarnated, fantastic! as long as you're good people and treat each other right, there's no reason you shouldn't be together. if your significant otter is going to berate you as he or she walks out of the door every saturday on his or her way to temple and you're going to be saying what a horrible person they are for not joining you at the mosque on friday, then, no. it's not going to work out.
if you can go to your place of worship on your day of worship and don't feel that they need to be the exact same as you (which is boring, by the way. why would you want to be in a relationship with yourself? that's called bachelorhood.), then great! you can perfectly coexist as a couple.
when kids come into the equation, why not just educate them in both religions you practice as well as encourage them to look into other faiths? don't worry about what your deity thinks of their faith just yet. a two year old doesn't make a very good follower of a religion, anyway. they just tend to cry and run away. when they get to the point where they have looked into different religions, let them make the choice of what religion they believe. if you have been a good parent to them, they will (with some exceptions) be a good person, no matter what beliefs they hold.
why don't you teach your children not to pull the hair out of the cat or throw sand at people, not that people of every other religion are wrong and need to be converted to your specific religion? priorities, people.
if you have a child who thinks that pulling out hair and throwing sand is acceptable and also that everybody else is wrong, they are not going to have a very good childhood or make many friends.

No. I could never date someone who is religious. Anything less than a 3 digit IQ is completely unappealing to me.

If you are serious about the IQ business, you should do some actual research to see if that holds out. Otherwise you might be seriously limiting your pool of potential suitors. Just saying...

^^Yep! My uncle is a papal monsignor and has several degrees to his name; two of which are in mathematics. I am catholic and have a physics degree. IQ and religion aren't mutually exclusive. However, it would be interesting to see if IQ is inversely proportional to the degree of prejudice a person holds towards particular groups of people... :bigsmile:

Oh, and my husband is atheist and we have a fantastic marriage. We have decided that the children will know both sides because ultimately faith is their choice. Forcing one thing on them doesn't mean they share that faith and may even push them away from it. To have true faith they have to decide on their own and that is something we both agree on!