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Why would you have to choose? Kids are capable of understanding that people believe different things, and that presents teachable moments for respecting other people's beliefs. Like the Lent example, you don't have to practice Lent is order to respect your wife's practices; you can show respect by forgoing the whoppers and explain that Mom gave them up for a few weeks and you want to show support by not eating them in front of her.
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Originally Posted by funymann
The real question is who is really practicing the religion they claim.
A janitor tells you he's a doctor. What? He could be a real doctor but he's not practicing.
So with that said I have met atheists with better morals than some Christians.
Unless you talk about it sincerely before hand then it can be an issue. Like when kids come into the picture. You have to decide which god you will raise your kids to worship or not worship.
Can my kids eat a whopper on Friday in front of their Mom during lent?
It doesn't matter to me at all. My husband and I have very different belief systems: I am agnostic with dash of Quaker, while he is so Christian that he evangelizes while brushing his teeth. We get on just fine, because we are mature enough to respect each others beliefs and aren't trying to convert one another. I have no qualms with him bringing the kids to church, so long it's not ultra-conservative. IMO, religion is only an issue if you allow it to be one... which tends to happen when one or both parties has decided that their way is the only right way.
If he isn't trying to convert you (as so many non believers use this term) then he probably isn't Christian
Because by default, the Christian beliefs entail that only Christ Followers will be in heaven. And Christ converted them via the Holy Spirit
The others who are not in heaven, they rot in hellfire forever. And ever...
Sorry but if my beliefs entail that, you can bet I love my husband enough not to "respect his beliefs" he leave me at death to rot in hell forever. As a half way feeling person, that doesn't jive. Maybe it would if i was a sociopath or something.
So if he is leaving you alone, essentially to your own demise (per his beliefs) well something is wrong.
He can't "respect your beliefs" to rot in hell.
I'd veer more towards the conclusion that he isn't saved
I only dated secularists/Humantists, Buddhists, Taoists, Pagans, deists, pantheists, and those of a similar ilk.
The vast majority of men I met and dated, after re-entering the dating scene, were Humanists, a variation of agnostic, deists, and pantheists. I'm a relative metaphysical atheist, so "heathen" is what I pretty much exclusively sought out.
My husband is a godless heathen -- Humanist/atheist.
I only dated secularists/Humantists, Buddhists, Taoists, Pagans, deists, pantheists, and those of a similar ilk.
The vast majority of men I met and dated, after re-entering the dating scene, were Humanists, a variation of agnostic, deists, and pantheists. I'm a relative metaphysical atheist, so "heathen" is what I pretty much exclusively sought out.
My husband is a godless heathen -- Humanist/atheist.
It's extremely important to me. I could not have a real relationship with someone who believed in silly myths.
Nothing wrong with a little make-believe, right? I have a fondness for Odin. It was he who slayed the Frost Giants, after all.
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