What do I say about that?
2007-01-27 16:56:43 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tell them they're falling into the ways of Inquisition.
2007-01-27 16:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by WWTSD? 5 · 5⤊ 5⤋
1) would you be doing something on a date with a non-Christian that you would not do on a date with a Christian
2) Do you share your faith with your non-Christian friends?
3) Are you dating for the fun of it or to find someone to settle down with and marry.
4) how mature are you in your faith? Do you have the strength of a mature Christian to stay sexually pure?
5) Are you concerned about being "unequally yoked"
It is not about what all of us say.
Read God's Word, pray and ask Him what He says.
Put your relationship with God before your relationship with anyone else.
He has called us to be sanctified.
That means to be set apart from the world. To be separated unto Him.
I would seriously consider your friends admonitions on this.
2007-01-27 17:14:41 · answer #2 · answered by redeemed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 05:08:38 · answer #3 · answered by hanrahan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We date as a means to choose someone to marry. The Bible tells that an unbeliever and a believer should NOT marry. Therefore, the only time I would see her for NOW, is if she was willing to come to church with me. You are ASKING to be out of God's will if you continue on this road. Oftentimes we THINK "I'll have an effect on her for the Lord in a positive way"; but in 99.9% of the cases, they end up having a worldly effect on you and leading you away from God! I KNOW what I'm talking about! I've seen it happen several times before! They will ALWAYS change YOU more than YOU will change them and NOT in a GODLY way!
2007-01-27 17:07:54 · answer #4 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You live for yourself, not your friends. Nowhere in the bible does it say that Christians are to only associate with Christians. Then again, your conservative friends don't sound very Christian. Get a new group of friends and learn to think for yourself.
Like an above poster said, they sound very Hitler-esque. Stay with your own kind, blah blah. They need help and so do you if you listen them.
2007-01-27 17:05:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are dating non-Christians because they are non-Christians then your friends may have a point if you are all conservative Christians. If you are dating non-Christian girls because you like them as a person then tell your friends its your decision and to let it alone.
2007-01-27 17:04:18 · answer #6 · answered by Cat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you a follower of Christ? If you are, for what reasons are you dating non-Christians?
Remember these words: 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."
"Therefore come out from them
and be separate, says the Lord. (2 Corinthians 6:14-17)
2007-01-27 17:19:30 · answer #7 · answered by ij 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is up to you to decide who you date. And really many people are brought to salvation by spending time with and caring about a believer. Someone who respects and cares for you is more likely to hear you out. I would just be careful. I married a non-believer and I know several others who did the same. It is not an easy road. It becomes VERY easy to fall away from your faith and sleep in on Sunday. It becomes easy to act in ways contrary to your belief because you love someone who tells you are being silly and encourages you to go with what feels good. The flesh is hard enough to ignore when surrounded by a support system. Step away from the support and it gets harder to remember why you needed to resist at all. Then you damage your testimony and people are less likely to listen.
Don't get me wrong, you cannot lose your salvation, but you can make life a lot harder by not following Gods plan for you. So, I guess my advice would be date who you want, but be careful, and invite them to church every Sunday. Good Luck
2007-01-27 17:06:38 · answer #8 · answered by micheletmoore 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible tells us not to be unequally yolked. A Christian should not date a non-christian. One reason is because if you fall in love with a non-christian you will not have the relationship that God means for you to have. If you marry, your home will not be a Christian home. How would you raise your children? Think about it. There are alot of wonderful people that are not Christians. We are not to judge them but we also are not to be unequally yoked. Maybe you can lead some of your non-christian friends to Christ.
2007-01-27 17:05:39 · answer #9 · answered by jan 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
How do you feel about dating non-Christians? Are you a conservative Christian?
2007-01-27 16:59:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They could be right. It just depends of what they consider the ways of the world are. We judge what that ways of the world, by what the bible says if you are a Christian.
2007-01-27 17:05:37 · answer #11 · answered by super saiyan 3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋