Just curious to see what people think . . . .
2007-05-11 15:33:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ramjet: I plead the fifth until all answers are in. ;)
2007-05-11 16:32:56 · update #1
For those of you who answered no or not likely, could you please tell me what your religious or non-religious views are? If you are willing?
2007-05-11 16:40:12 · update #2
I think they can. Eight years later I am still with my Atheist.
2007-05-11 16:53:27 · answer #1 · answered by Unicornrider 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's called "projection." The people who say that aren't happy themselves, but they figure that life would suck even more if they didn't have their beliefs. How on earth can someone be happier than they are without even needing their coping mechanisms? Ergo, atheists and agnostics can't be happy. On a more sophisticated note, some say that happiness in this life is all the happiness that atheists and agnostics can know. So it's best to let them enjoy it before the torment begins. I look at this as a revenge fantasy. To think that someone doesn't accept the rules, terms, and conditions that believers have and the misery that comes along with it, in favor of accepting what happiness this life offers; there has to be some kind of payoff. So they hope that they will have eternal bliss after this life, while the un-believers will pay for their happiness with eternal torment.
2016-05-21 00:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by lashanda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be very difficult. But not impossible.
I think the hard part would be the children. If one parent (or both) tried to force the child to be a certain way, I could see that causing serious conflict.
On the other hand, if both parents were tolerant enough with each other, and with their children, the children could grow up to have a rather healthy perspective on things.
edit: am an atheist (married to an atheist)
2007-05-11 15:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As an agnostic, I seriously doubt that I could experience or even consider a marriage with a Christian. (I was going to qualify Christian by applying an adjective such as "devout", "pious", or "zealous", but concluded that Christian itself would suffice.) I simply could not subject myself to any attempts at conversion as I was raised "Christian" and have reached my current agnostic conclusions after years of introspection and study; I am beyond the point of being capable of returning to the "fold" and am happy in my agnosticism!
2007-05-11 15:50:22 · answer #4 · answered by Lynci 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I will be married 23 years in August. When my husband and I met he was an atheist(me a Christian) for most of his life, 7 years ago he became a Christian of his own choosing.
2007-05-11 15:38:41 · answer #5 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The book of II Corin. 6:14 - "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? (15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"
I think that if one is not already saved when they marry, it is one thing, but a true Christian, seeking God with all their heart should never and in all probability would never seek to marry an atheist or agnostic. Simple as that.
The Bible calls for separation from the unrighteous once you become a Christian.
2007-05-11 15:54:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leave God out of the marriage and you might have the illusion of happiness, but it could not be called a true success because any good that we do is only natural good.
Let God into your life (and your marriage) and the good you do has a supernatural dimension.
Sure, marriages fail in all camps (Christian, Atheist, etc), but that just says a lot about human nature. Failtures cannot be blamed on God.
If spouses truly love each they will want the other to be happy. To be happy is to love and serve God and be with Him in Heaven. That's why an atheist or agnostic couple could never be truly happy.
2007-05-11 15:38:18 · answer #7 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I think it depends on how strong each person's faith is. I'm Agnostic and my boyfriend is Catholic. He is not very involved with church so we usually don't have many problems revolving around religion. But when we talk about our future children, it becomes a different story. I think it will be very hard seeing a middle ground to raise children with two really different ideas of faith.
2007-05-11 15:44:16 · answer #8 · answered by stine4605 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The christian would constantly try to save the atheist/agnostic and the latter would constantly wonder why the other believed in myths.
2007-05-11 15:38:39 · answer #9 · answered by Bob 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes
2007-05-11 15:37:52 · answer #10 · answered by Scott B 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋