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To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure about my own views on this topic. For me it would be a difficult decision, probably more difficult than most people in America expect it to be for themselves or for others. It's not that I'm a closed-minded person or anything like that, I'm not. However, I've dated two guys before, neither of whom were of my own faith and that...wasn't really an issue when I was 15, 16 yrs old, when I was still figuring out what I believed in, my own beliefs were not by any means fully formed at that time. But now, now that my beliefs and attitudes about religion, morality, and things like that are more solidified and especially as I'm at a point where I have to look at the men I choose to date as possible husbands. I'm realizing that I need someone who is going to share my beliefs and worldview and who will support me in that.
Of course whether or not a person struggles with this is going to depend on just how important their religious beliefs are to the way they live their lives.
I've been asking myself the same question. I could tolerate someone who was religious as long as they were not overly zealous about it. I dated a girl for two years who was a "casual" Catholic and there were no issues. The relationship ended for other reasons.
The more important one's faith is the more important it is to date and marry someone with the same views Religion is often not just a set of beliefs but a life style.
There are fasts, services, and other ways we live our lives.
No. I self identified in my teens as an atheist and dated Christian women into my twenties. In retrospect it was not a good idea. Today, I never date a woman who is religious. Too much of a hastle. I learned my lesson.
No. I self identified in my teens as an atheist and dated Christian women into my twenties. In retrospect it was not a good idea. Today, I never date a woman who is religious. Too much of a hastle. I learned my lesson.
I'm the opposite, I've self-identified as a Christian since I was 14, I've dated an agnostic before... he's an Ok guy but partly because of our differences in that area we really don't belong together.
This is not a simple situation.
The decision does not end at you.
A bigger question is also posed for the kids if parents are from different faiths.
When you dated men from other faiths, did you take a look at what they believed to gain more knowledge of their faiths and see if you would be OK if your kids follow that faith?
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