Just for the record and to the best of my knowledge I can't remember ever meeting a woman who was an atheist, and if I wanted a social life, it seemed like a good idea to get along with believers.
Christian-Atheist Relationships
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Enmos
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Really? Where do you live?
At the moment Washington State, but I do have plans to move back to Tucson AZ, sooner or later.
Enmos
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Ah, the US. You should come to The Netherlands, there are plenty atheist girls here.
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I could have used that tip about 30 years ago. But at this time in my life that's a bit more trouble than I want to go to.
Enmos
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Heh.. you'll have to excuse me, I was still a toddler back then
Heh.. you'll have to excuse me, I was still a toddler back then
Well I won't hold that against you. I still like younger women and being atheist is a big plus.
Thoreau
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Yeh, that's odd.
Since man first posited a god as higher and more worthy than his own species, anybody with such a warped concept, has got to be a nutjob and very dangerous, how anybody other than, other such nutjobs could want to marry them is beyond me.shogun said:
Not so odd. When I got married, I was a Christian and she was an atheist. (I NEVER could've married a fundamentalist Christian - shudder.) By the time we got divorced, she was the Christian and I was the atheist. Go figure...
I can go out with them if they don't bitch ( one of my rules ), I can handle the ones that bitch a bit, but all the fuckin time...then cya
. I can't marry anyone...yet.
I find that story very hard to believe. Atheist tend to arrive at their position due to a lot of controversial thought and conversation with others and when no one can provide any facts to back up the concept of a God, they refuse to believe because of pear pressure. Although I can see people faking belief while in hot pursuit of sex, it won't hold up over time.
i don't think it's odd.
i'm a christian and i would never be able to marry someone who was a member of a "church" and into that whole scene.
Let me explain that we did NOT convert each other.
She was raised by an atheist father. She had never really thought about it...
I lost my "belief" after a period of serious Bible study.
She watched a friend who had been a serious alcoholic since our teenage years quit overnight after a "religious" "healing" experience. That slowly drew her in.
SilentLi89
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What's hard to believe? That a Christian could become an atheist or that an atheist could become a Christian?
That an atheist could become a Christian? However gmilan did provide a satisfactory answer.
People change over the years, and given the added description of how she moved to a more religious viewpoint, that would make sense. She was the atheist by default, someone who had never been exposed to religion, and a moving experience from a friend attracted her to it.
Now, I agree with KillJoy, someone who has studies religion and has lost faith is not as likely to go back, but it's also not impossible. More than likely they'll go back not because they forgot the flaws they discovers, but that they miss out on the more social aspects of religion. Or they could go towards a different religion altogether.
Now, I agree with KillJoy, someone who has studies religion and has lost faith is not as likely to go back, but it's also not impossible. More than likely they'll go back not because they forgot the flaws they discovers, but that they miss out on the more social aspects of religion. Or they could go towards a different religion altogether.
Social aspect of religion, I've often wondered what roll that might play. But no matter how much I might like the social aspect of belonging to a particular religion in my community, I couldn't see myself suddenly believing in God because of my desire for companionship.
It would be more like going along with someone I cared about and keeping my thoughts more to myself. But the point I'm making is my reason for going to church would not make me (not an atheist). I would be doing my best to blend in with an insanely religious world.
Lol
What you live in Canada and you don't have a dog sled ? Whats a matter with you . You don't Race the Iditarod in Alaska! I Now Hank in Vancouver , do you know him too. ( That was a joke ) ? Skiing how bout that ? Oh yeah Ontario . Ice skating , surely you Ice Skate