How many of you???

Question

1. Would date or marry outside your religion?

2. Have dated or married outside your religion?

3. Would/have date(d) an atheist, agnostic, pagan, etc?

Please feel free to elaborate on your experiences. Long answers are certainly welcome.

No offense, Bradhadair. It was simply to conserve space that I grouped pagans with atheists and agnostics. I suppose I should have separated them.

Answer 1

I have dated someone with a different belief. Not a big deal. I look at the person, not what they believe.

Answer 2

i have to ask why you grouped Pagans with atheists and agnostic people. I'll have you know that Shaminism is a form or Paganism and that was the first known religion over a thousand years before the so called Christan God.

And yea, i have dated outside my religion of Paganism. I persons religion is just another charatristic.

Answer 3

No, I would not even consider dating outside of my Church, even though I am older, and how to raise the children would not be an issue. Why would I want to spend my life with someone who believes differently about something so basic as my concept of God, the Bible & how to live as a disciple of Christ? It would be a real bummer hanging out so much with someone here on this plane, and not ever getting to see them on the other side.
Yes, I have dated outside of my faith in the past, but that was before I was with the International Church of Christ, and did not yet have the convictions I now do about such things.
I did marry a Catholic, but that marriage should have never happened, for a number of other reasons...she just wanted to marry "an Americian" as some kind of statrus symbol, and at the time, my life was falling apart, so she was just a life raft I clung to, which was horrably wrong of me.
But I will be friends with anyone who is other wise a good investment nof my time, be what sex, religious background or unbelieving as they may be. I do not judge, but leave that to God, and just pray for those I see that need help. But ya hafta WANT the help, for it to do any good!

Answer 4

1. Would date or marry outside your religion?

would easily date outside of my religion, as long as the person respects my beliefs i have no problem with dateing outside my beliefs.

2. Have dated or married outside your religion?

I have dated Christians,Mormons, Catholics, Satanist's Wiccans and Athiest's.

3. Would/have date(d) an atheist, agnostic, pagan, etc?

ummmm i am Pagan so i have o problem going out with a Pagan.

Answer 5

1. Happily married
2. Yes, when I was single I dated/married people of different religions. It was never a problem. I didn't date anyone who felt it was their mission in life to change me or my beliefs to match theirs---and this applied for other subjects besides religion. I was married before and the subject of religion wasn't an issue. We both held a live and let live attitude toward the personal choice of each other's religious views.

I am now married to a man who shares my basic religious views and it is nice that we can share such an important part of our lives. But if my husband were to decide to change his religious pratices, I don't think it would present a problem as long as we both respect each other's views. But we don't have children. I think that a couple should decide before marrying how they would handle the subject of what religious beliefs to teach their potential children. It can be a difficult subject and should be worked out before the issue arises.

Answer 6

1. Yes, it's almost necessary.

2. Dated yes, and they've been decent relationships, although I generally introduce them slowly to my religion and try to avoid shock words like "Witchcraft" or "spell".

3. Have dated an agnostic. Wish I could find a nice Pagan guy in my area. So far the athiest has been the best kisser, but that's inconsequential to this question.

Answer 7

1. I'm not planning on dating again in the future, but if I did, I would only date or marry someone of my faith

2. Yes

3. I married an agnostic. We are getting a divorce.

Answer 8

I have dated many men outside of my religion.
I have never married outside of my religion but theoretically would do so but..........
definitely not to an atheist or agnostic. I could never have enough in common with such a person to sustain a relationship.

Answer 9

My husband was an agnostic when we married and has become Christian. So yes, I have dated and married outside my religion.

Answer 10

I don't have a religion and do not choose my dates by their religion or race. I would marry someone outside of my religion, and I love dating people from all religions.

i have dated a
Jewish girl, Catholic, an atheist, and a girl who was a firm believer in Wicca. I think people who are more moralistic than religious are better companions, they don't preach and respect decisions

The Catholic girl was a meat-eater, and I'm a vegetarian (that never bothered me), but she constantly made fun of my beliefs and kept preaching that god put animals on earth for people to eat.

My Jewish and Catholic girlfriends were kinda harder to please, but I'm still friends with them. They just didn't like it that I didn't go to church or want to show me to their parents because of what i believed in.

my Wicca girlfriend had a great sense of morality and believed in my vegetarian ideas, so we got along great. I would participate in her ceremonies when she asked me to, it didn't bother me.

With the Atheist I never felt ashamed to be myself.