Lets say you (a girl being a good christian) just found out that the guy you was going out with is an athiest. You two have been going out for about 3 weeks now. Would the relationship last? You being a good christian having a relationship with a guy who is an athiest. What is your estimate in this relationship?
2006-08-29 12:16:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would never marry an atheist. I'd go out with him for a few months maybe, just for fun, but would not get serious.
2006-08-29 12:20:29 · answer #1 · answered by Ricky 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've actually been in this situation. It lasted for almost a year and it didn't end because of him not being a Christian, but because I was being mistreated. Anyways, I think it can last, but I've realized from that relationship that u can't change anyone. They have to want it for themselves. U can invite them to ur church or give them a Bible to read and tell them about the goodness of God, but if they don't want to accept it, then what can u do? Just leave it alone. U have 2 pray that they'll see the truth of God's goodness, and if they don't, then u've done all u can do. As long as he respects u and ur faith, then there shouldn't be problem. But in the long run, he needs to get his act together because what good would it be if u can't b w/ each other in heaven? Good blessings!
2006-08-29 12:23:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's hard to say really. I was with someone that had a different religion than I did. Yeah, that blew up in my face a month before our wedding when he left because he didn't want to marry me because of it. It took him three years to finally realize that!
So, on a positive note, if he does not ridicule you and can respect what you believe in, and you don't try to convert him when it starts to bother you, you might be able to make it work.
It's something you need to talk to him about when you begin to get serious. You might not want to invest any time in it. There could be a point where you might have to choose......do you value your beliefs more or him? Just know that at some point in time you may have to be faced with that question---and it's a really hard one.
Now, I'm thinking far into the future......but if it is serious and you think of possible marriage, think of what your children will go through. If he is atheist and respects your religion, will you two be able to allow your children to be athestic or religious? There are a lot of things to ponder.
Good luck.
2006-08-29 12:27:18 · answer #3 · answered by royal_crown78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good Christian girl would put her loyalty to God above an impermanent relationship --
2 Corinthinians 6:14-18: Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
17 "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."
18 "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
2006-08-29 12:25:40 · answer #4 · answered by pilgrimchd 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that would depend on if I was in serious dating to get married age, or just high school fun dating age. Although, even at fun dating age, when I dated guys of a different religion or belief, I'd had to have a serious talk with them about respecting my Christian ideas of what sort of affection is or isn't appropriate.
Best wishes
2006-08-29 12:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by daisyk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a good christian,(at least i hope god thinks i am) i am also a open minded christian. and well i married a wiccan. 12 years now. but he did come to Christ 5 years ago. but we don't regret his past. we learned from it and still treat other wiccans with respect. its not always what they believe, but how they are around you.
another example is 2 good guys(so i thought they were when i dates them) are now in prison for rape. so you never know what type of person you will date, for even after you leave them they may have been something you were lucky enough to have not be a victim of.
2006-08-29 12:32:13 · answer #6 · answered by angelchele 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a man, but I wouldn't marry an Atheist because I want to have kids and they would be confused and I wouldn't feel right at home trying to pray to God while I know my Atheist wife doesn't believe in Him.
-A Christian
2006-08-29 12:26:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't think it will last long, because you guys belive in the opposite
2006-08-29 12:21:03 · answer #8 · answered by likearealfreakshould 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋