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Um, if you're Christian, wouldn't dating an atheist be "of another religion" and hence a dealbreaker?
No, because atheist have no religion and thus have no other God to serve. God says in Acts 16:31 that if you have faith in him, your whole household will be saved. And in another verse 1 Corinthians 7:14 he mentions Atheist spouses specifically saying that they are sanctified through their Christian spouse. So it's totally okay. The one thing he mentioned not to do is marry someone of another faith. This happened with King Solomon and his foreign wives. God didn't want him to marry them because they served other Gods and then would get him to do it too.
Say you meet a man/woman who seems attractive, and you get to talking about your views on various controversial issues...I'm curious, if he/she disagreed with you on them, which ones (list all that would be deal breakers) would automatically write them off?
Is communism a better alternative to capitalism?
Affirmative action is a good idea
Should more money be put into the public school system?
Should we have universal healthcare?
The environment should be sacrificed for economic progress
Should immigration laws be relaxed?
Is global warming/climate change real?
Should we have the death penalty for murder? treason? rape of a minor? rape? drug trafficking?
Should law enforcement officers be tougher or more lenient on offenders?
Should same-sex marriage be legal?
Should women have the right to an abortion on demand for any reason?
Should religious education be taught in school?
Should hunting for sport be legal?
Should marijuana be legalized?
The United State's involvement in Iraq was justified
If it's part of their culture, and the animals are killed humanely, people should be allowed to eat dogs
A man should always pay for the date
Boys and girls should be treated the same
votes/supports another political party than you do
I thought it'd be easier to phrase them as questions. You can indicate your responses if you wish. Please focus on how their answers would reflect on them as a person in your eyes, and how that would affect how compatible you think they'd be.
I don't think I would be compatible with anyone that:
Was completely against the death penalty,
wanted to outlaw abortions, in all cases,
was clearly very liberal (which would cover many of the above questions).
Say you meet a man/woman who seems attractive, and you get to talking about your views on various controversial issues...I'm curious, if he/she disagreed with you on them, which ones (list all that would be deal breakers) would automatically write them off?
The environment should be sacrificed for economic progress
Is global warming/climate change real?
Should same-sex marriage be legal?
Should women have the right to an abortion on demand for any reason?
votes/supports another political party than you do
I thought it'd be easier to phrase them as questions. You can indicate your responses if you wish. Please focus on how their answers would reflect on them as a person in your eyes, and how that would affect how compatible you think they'd be.
I could never date a Reublican or a woman who thought global warming was fake or who was intolerant of certain people, etc. I guess the list is pretty long.
No, because atheist have no religion and thus have no other God to serve. God says in Acts 16:31 that if you have faith in him, your whole household will be saved. And in another verse 1 Corinthians 7:14 he mentions Atheist spouses specifically saying that they are sanctified through their Christian spouse. So it's totally okay. The one thing he mentioned not to do is marry someone of another faith. This happened with King Solomon and his foreign wives. God didn't want him to marry them because they served other Gods and then would get him to do it too.
"because atheist have no religion and thus have no other God to serve"
Which god(s) are you referring to. There's a bunch!
From Answers.com
"historians have cataloged over 3700 supernatural beings, of which 2870 can be considered deities or Gods"
I'm a conservative and have dated women from the other party. The only deal breaker for me would be the question you had regarding communism being better then capitalism that would definitely be a Hell NO. Coming from a family that escaped communism that would definitely be a deal breaker.
I'm one of the biggest right wing Christian conservatives you'll ever meet. However, that wouldn't stop me from dating a cute liberal atheist girl. I'm more about personality and values than social and political views. I respect everyone's differing opinions. I wouldn't ever let that get in the way of me loving someone. I love my family that are mostly democrats. So it's the same thing. Can't judge a potential life partner by their politics. At the end of the day, as long as your not pushing your beliefs in my face, I won't either. My only deal breaker is someone of another religion.
Interesting, most conservative Christians I know believe Christians should only marry other believers, based on the 'you should not be unequally yoked' passage.
Point taken. But I think most people who are against abortion are against abortion for religious reasons. Regardless, I would not date a man who thinks he has domain over the contents of my uterus or thinks he should be able to tell millions of women he has never met, whose situations he doesn't know, what to do. I think it's very important that two people discuss that, actually, because if they are of reproductive age, they need to know where the other one stands in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. When I was anti-choice, my boyfriends knew they could adopt the kid or someone else would. Now that I am pro-choice, they know the pregnancy would be terminated, and it wouldn't be up for debate.
I'm more pro-life, but more humane/ethnical reasons. I'm also anti war and anti DP, and definitely pro environment.
No, because atheist have no religion and thus have no other God to serve. God says in Acts 16:31 that if you have faith in him, your whole household will be saved. And in another verse 1 Corinthians 7:14 he mentions Atheist spouses specifically saying that they are sanctified through their Christian spouse. So it's totally okay. The one thing he mentioned not to do is marry someone of another faith. This happened with King Solomon and his foreign wives. God didn't want him to marry them because they served other Gods and then would get him to do it too.
Say you meet a man/woman who seems attractive, and you get to talking about your views on various controversial issues...I'm curious, if he/she disagreed with you on them, which ones (list all that would be deal breakers) would automatically write them off?
Is communism a better alternative to capitalism? Both are fatally flawed in their pure form, Socialism is good. But not a dealbreaker
Affirmative action is a good idea Yes. Deal Breaker.
Should more money be put into the public school system? Only if parents are the only ones paying in. Deal breaker.
Should we have universal healthcare? Yes. Deal breaker.
The environment should be sacrificed for economic progress No, deal breaker.
Should immigration laws be relaxed? No. Not a deal breaker.
Is global warming/climate change real? Yes. Deal breaker
Should we have the death penalty for murder? treason? Yes, on these two. Not a deal breaker.
Should law enforcement officers be tougher or more lenient on offenders? Depends. Not a deal breaker.
Should same-sex marriage be legal? Yes. Deal breaker.
Should women have the right to an abortion on demand for any reason? Yes. TOTAL deal breaker.
Should religious education be taught in school? No. TOTAL deal breaker.
Should hunting for sport be legal? Yes, but not a deal breaker.
Should marijuana be legalized? Yes. Deal breaker.
The United State's involvement in Iraq was justified No. TOTAL deal breaker.
If it's part of their culture, and the animals are killed humanely, people should be allowed to eat dogs Not in America. Deal breaker.
A man should always pay for the date No. Deal breaker.
Boys and girls should be treated the same Yes. Not a deal breaker.
votes/supports another political party than you do No. Deal Breaker.
I thought it'd be easier to phrase them as questions. You can indicate your responses if you wish. Please focus on how their answers would reflect on them as a person in your eyes, and how that would affect how compatible you think they'd be.
Matter to me:
Should we have universal healthcare?
The environment should be sacrificed for economic progress
Is global warming/climate change real?
Should same-sex marriage be legal?
Should women have the right to an abortion on demand for any reason?
Should religious education be taught in school?
Depends on the reasoning:
Is communism a better alternative to capitalism?
Should we have the death penalty for murder? treason? rape of a minor? rape? drug trafficking?
Should law enforcement officers be tougher or more lenient on offenders?
Should hunting for sport be legal?
Should marijuana be legalized?
The United State's involvement in Iraq was justified
If it's part of their culture, and the animals are killed humanely, people should be allowed to eat dogs
A man should always pay for the date
Boys and girls should be treated the same
votes/supports another political party than you do
Affirmative action is a good idea (but I'll take 'social justice is' on this and the next 2, for $10000)
Should more money be put into the public school system?
Should immigration laws be relaxed?
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