Question for the religious on this forum: How do you feel about dating an atheist? If you're open to it, would you try to convert them? Would you consider marrying an atheist?
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Not really many theist on this forum girl.
Dating someone is personal and if you find someone that doesn't share your view on faith that isn't the end of a relationship unless both of you or one of you make it so. I am an atheist, I have never dated an atheist. When I broke up with someone it was never about religion ironically. It was always about trust.
I don't think I've ever dated an atheist. I really want to. That would be ideal actually, but that's not easy to find. I want her to be this and that PLUS she has to be a non believer? If only. On the other hand, if the next person I date is religious, I hope that I would've already put my cards on the table so she doesn't try to convert ME. That would be an awkward date.
To be brutally frank with you guys,I really think I'll find the relationship more comfortable...and I won't try to convert her neither she will make attempt of converting me..
In the long run it would be much easier in my opinion to have a relationship with an atheist (for an atheist) as is my belief.
Somehow believers tend to impress their faith on you one way or another. They also have irrational superstitions which gets annoying.
For example my first girlfriend, a hindu believer was vegetarian and would fight overtime I ate meat and would refuse to sit beside me while I ate it.
In contrast my fiancé an agnostic (as per her own claims) is a vegetarian and does not interfere in my dietary preferences whatsoever. When I asked her why she prefers to be vegetarian her answer is that she has been used to that way of life for a long time now and it is difficult to change though she is not closed to it. Thus she has no problems with any one else choice of diet. I of course do not impress my choice of a diet on her as well.
What I wanted to express is that I find atheistic outlook far more accepting that the narrow-minded theistic outlook.....
I think an Atheist marrying a theist is undesirable. In fact I think the whole thing is booby trapped from the start. I recommend Atheist or Agnostic. Love and romance and passion will carry things forward for a while, but marrying someone who is fundamentally mistaken about the nature of reality is going to get really old after a while.