Is there anyone who is deeply religious but has an atheist partner (or vice versa)?

Question

Does it cause problems in your relationship? Are you always trying to convert each other? Did you know when you started going out together? Or do you just accept each other's beliefs?

Answer 1

Great question.
I am a fairly dedicated atheist, my girlfriend is a committed Christian. She is American, I am English.
Often I think when I read peoples religion bashing questions on this site, they see only the lunatic representatives of faith-suicide bombers, the crazy guy in the street telling everybody they are going to hell. I pity them for not having the insight I have been privileged to have had.
My partner is the most beautiful, kindest person I know, and her reading of the Bible is fairly liberal. She would never dream of telling me to come to church, or condemn anyone who doesn't share her faith. Nor would I dream of telling her leave her beliefs behind.
If anything I think our differences have strengthened our relationship, as we learn from each other and our mutual respect grows.

Answer 2

I truthfully have dated those with many faiths and an Atheist or 2. Wasn't the version of ideals that extra approximately issued, in easy terms a conflict of over all personalities. My husband is Christan, i'm a toddler of the Moon, it particularly works out great. Neither persons pushes the countless to remodel, we've personalities that perfectly mesh, and not often ever a bypass be conscious between us. It has no effect on my friendships, I care now no longer what somebody believes or disbelieves. I in basic terms settle for them as i locate them.

Answer 3

I'm an atheist and most of my relationships have been with women who are "soft on religion" (as I like to put it), simply because more people are religious than not. The way to deal with this is to get it out in the open as soon as possible, agree to disagree, and appreciate your partner for all her other qualities.

Sometimes this is difficult. My current lady friend innocently asked me once what I thought of "intelligent design" and I went off on a 20-minute rant of what a stupid, ill-informed and grossly dishonest attempt at injecting religion into the public schools it was. She was actually frightened at the vehemence of my reply and didn't speak to me for a week afterwards. We made up, but now the slightest mention of religion is absolutely taboo between us. Mostly my fault, but she did press a button she knew I had.

Have to sign off now and work on our Christmas plans!

Answer 4

I'm a Buddhist - we don't seek to convert people to our way of understanding.
My wife quite likes the Buddhist philosophy but doesn't practice it.
It doesn't cause any problems at all, though meditating regularly probably makes me an easier person to live with.
Live and let live, say I.

Answer 5

I'm an atheist and dated a devout Christian for 3 years, but we broke up a few months after getting engaged. It had nothing to do with our religion though. We just didn't find it that important to our relationship. but surely it is a source for trouble among many couples. Which is a shame, letting theoretical belief structures affect who you can care about is just plain wrong for humanity

Answer 6

I was agnostic, but a serious student of religion, and my husband was a gullible Methodist (he believed anything he was told at church, even if it wasn't in line with Christianity). He used to get very mad at me when I was discuss anything that contradicted what he was told at church or youth group. I was very patient, and I went to all of his religious activities for many years. Eventually, I got him to take some academic classes about religion, and my patience and his individual study has made him a more tolerant person. We're both happily Pagan now.

Answer 7

No we are both Christians