Hi, I have a short story/rant about my life to share.

I used to be Catholic. Most of it was because I was born into the family that practiced one, but it was never really my choice. As a young child, going to church was almost as important as doing chores. It didn't carry any meaningful reason to me, nor did I think so much about it. I went to church, pray, sometimes pray before eat...etc etc did all those things, but only so because it was just part of my life.

However, as I grew up and became around 19 years of age, I "broke free" from what I have been doing, and decided to do what is rational. Now going on 23 (in 2 days!), I now have a family who is in acceptance of what I do (which is great) and I have a girlfriend that I've been going out with for a year or so.

Now, my background information aside, my frustration and ranting comes from my girlfriend that I seek sort of an 'advice' for. Or comments.

We are both engineers in a university (in California) and she is a bright one. Only thing that ever had me question my sanity was her religious beliefs (which happens to be Christianity, to no surprise) because since then, there had been numerous arguments and fights, which became very annoying to ignore. The big part of it came from me because after having to read many, many sources of atheism, I realized just like any other people would, that Christianity was a religion without probable cause, supported meagerly by the holy sculpture bible. Even though my girlfriend and I were happy most of the time spending time together and doing stuff, sometimes when I bring up the issue of religious belief and its' undeniable nonsensical explanations, it brings the conversation to the unthinkable.

Throughout the year, I had been met with various criticisms and advice among my peers and great friends. Most of the time, my ignorance on the issue was the easiest way to handle things. She is a very nice person, so gentle, and smart. I even questioned some time before if her religious identification was not a problem at all. Even though she identified herself religious, her going to church has not affected anything serious, nor has it done any harm to me in any way (honestly). (I believe some people who may have a very close friend or a partner who is religious, does not necessarily cause problem to break you away from them.)

The biggest problem is here. EVEN though I know that her religion won't be a life-changing activity, I, still up to this date, have ambition to let her know what is the "truth" and what is not. EVEN though I know that this is actually kind of stupid (as most people would recommend "respecting" the religion to be the solution to keep close friends near you and live a normal life), I still carry small intention to do so. I love my girlfriend, but it is a tough nut for me to decide what choice is actually meaningful to her and I. I found it pretty much futile to change her vision on the topic from previous arguments, so I just felt like ranting on about what I'm just going through in my life.

Hoping for the unobtainable.... sometimes life is a problem lol. How are you folks dealing with religion to someone dear to you? Have a problem like me because you know too much?