Would you date someone who has different religious beliefs?

I'm not saying any given religion is wrong ;P

I'm saying my religion is itself a pursuit of truth. Doi.

But truth and Truth are different things!

Or are they?

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And then we were trolled into Enlightenment.

@OP: Sure; my ex and I were at opposite ends of the spectrum, but we made it work.

Oh who the fuck am I kidding, I'd date anyone if the sex was good enough and I was cripplingly lonely.

Doesn't mean it'd be wise.

But it would be fun.

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For me, it's not so much of them having different religious beliefs, but certain religious beliefs. For example, I'm not going to date someone that believes that I'm going to go to Hell when I die. I have it stuck in my head that Hell is a place for bad people, and I'm worried that if I spent enough time around someone that believes that I'm going to such a place when I die, that I may end up as a real life example of the Then Let Me Be Evil trope.

If I do date someone with different religious beliefs, I might purposely challenge those beliefs a bit. I might ask them about why they believe one holy book over another, or even why they believe a particular translation of that holy book over other translations.

I suppose I'd say yes, because quite frankly, I already have. When you're an atheist-agnostic, you live in the Southeast US, and you also have a tendency of racking up significant others, you're likely to be with someone who's not of the same religion as you.

That said, I've had a Christian boyfriend or two (some more ambiguous than others). I think it's usually better to leave the topic of religion off of the table in those cases, especially if they're vehement. I'll also admit that if you're an atheist in that circumstance, you learn to not be so vehement all of the time, unless you want to bring up a viewpoint and stand up for yourself.

I'll also throw in that my current boyfriend is ethnically Jewish (not religiously), and even if his personal beliefs are like mine, his dad likes him to keep kosher for Passover. It makes grocery shopping longer, but that's about it.

edited 27th Dec '11 7:39:37 PM by LEMadness

I'd like to think I'd be able to date someone who doesn't share my beliefs but I honestly don't know if I could be respectful about it.

I really do have a problem with religion and while I'm generally respectful about it I don't know if I could maintain such a stance with someone I care about.

Religions aren't opinions. They're beliefs about objective facts. Not that I will simply write someone off for being religious, they can certainly be a good and respectable person in many ways, but I think it's an important distinction.

I can't date someone if I don't respect their epistemology though.

edited 30th Dec '11 10:42:15 AM by FastEddie

@Trev

You are right. That's why I said that I don't see a single rational reason to believe in it.

Yes, it was stupid wording on my part.

Sorry about that.

I would like to have any potential significant other be capable of doubting themself and some of their beliefs to some extent. Just having them see other interpretations of their holy book as potentially true might be enough for me. It is mostly because I have a problem with people who think that they have absolute truth on their side (like I said, certain beliefs, not different ones).

@Topic title

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Being Hindu makes it a non-issue.

Gentlemen, I'm six seconds away from asking a mod to deal with this. I will ask politely, once, please get back to the gorram topic.

Well, I tried to be polite.

edited 29th Dec '11 4:20:04 PM by Exelixi

What happened to the topic...Can we make another thread for "IS THEOLOGY RATIONAL?!"?

I'm an atheist, and pretty much every girl I have ever dated has not been an atheist.

So yeah I've got no problem with dating outside my (non)religion. As far as preferences, not too strongly Christian is one of the few.