I'm talking about a TRUE "Till Death Do Us Part" kind of Love, NOT the "Hollywood" type popularized by the media...
Would YOU truly pass up something rare, real, and tangible over such a petty issue as Religion???
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2007-09-06 06:12:13 · 18 answers · asked by Drake the Deist 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think it is possible for a real Christian to fall in love with an Atheist. But even if it were possible I would PASS!
2007-09-06 06:40:01 · answer #1 · answered by Justa Angel 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've been in love with an atheist before. It didn't work out, but our differing religious beliefs had nothing to do with it, because we actually respected each other as mature adults who were capable of making our own individual decisions. Imagine that!
I'm not exactly a marriage-minded girl, but I figure if I ever were to get married the odds of me marrying a non-religious person are probably equal to those of me marrying a fellow Christian. I'm not so petty to let religious differences come between an otherwise healthy and happy relationship.
2007-09-06 06:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm sure you've heard the verse telling us not to be "unequally yoked." That applies here too.
It's hard to say no to a relationship when you feel like you really love the person...I know, I've experienced it. But if you say "no" now, God will prosper you later in life (whether it's in a mutual God loving relationship, or whether it's having no relationship at all). In my case, I said "no" to a relationship and God prospered me by calling me into the ministry. I would have never been able to become a minister if I'd still been in that relationship.
Peter tells us in the Bible that some men are meant to be in a relationship/marriage and some aren't. (Read 1 Corinthians 7...amazing chapter. It got me through a lot with relationships).
I now see relationships in this manner...It's better to be a man after God's heart than to be a man after some woman's heart (and of course, visa versa for women). God will prosper me more than any woman could. And, if God sees fit, He may prosper me by giving me that perfect someone.
Here is the best tip I ever received on relationships...don't rely on the opinions of others, rely on what God tells you when you pray. Just try to know the difference between what God is saying and what you telling yourself God is saying, if you know what I'm mean...because there is a difference.
All in all, PRAY!
2007-09-06 06:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I did fall in love with an unbeliever. We married and then after 7 months we separated. During this time she found Christ on her own, I never pressured her when we were together. We have since reconciled and our love and marriage is stronger than ever. She is now taking Catechism to become Catholic like me. Helping her along to know Jesus as our Lord and savior and his church has strenghtened my faith as well. Our little boy who is 1 today will be soon baptised as a Catholic. I want to send him to Catholic grade school so he can get a good education in read, writing, arithmetic, and ,religion. Maybe he'll be an engineer like his dad! :-) But what ever he chooses he'll still be my son and I will still love him as God loves him.
2007-09-06 06:33:57 · answer #4 · answered by Deslok of Gammalon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first I would figure out why he's an athiest and then talk to him about Jesus and tell him that he died for his sins & I would pray that it would be God's will for him to know christ but if he's still an athiest then I wouldn't mary him ((I'm not being judgemental)) because 2 Corinthians 6:14 says: Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
2007-09-06 06:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
to love somebody is to appreciate and have confidence them. And in the event that they have been waiting to love one yet another, then faith isn't a situation. they might have an contract of no longer attempting to conver the different. Your question replaced into form of one sided. might the christian attempt to transform the atheist? in accordance to the bible the christian is to rigidity christianity on others. so which you purely seen one component of the arguement.
2016-10-10 01:49:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not fall in love with an Atheist. First off I base the love of my husband on our mutual interests and beliefs. Before we started dating we actually got to know each other on an intellectual level. We shared the same religious and political beliefs. Which are both high priorities in both of our lives.
Remember Love and Lust are two seperate issues.....
I would not want to spend my earthly life with someone that I would not see in the after life.
2007-09-06 06:18:53 · answer #7 · answered by fire_side_2003 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I consider myself along the lines of an athiest, and I am marrying a catholic. A little mutual respect goes a long way.
2007-09-06 06:18:28 · answer #8 · answered by roflcopter_candytrain 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We all have our own way of understanding things, and someone you marry might be a christian, but believe totally different things than you do.
I think you should have your faith in God, and marry who you love. Even an atheist can come around to the Lord at sometime.
2007-09-06 06:31:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No...i wouldn't pass it up, real love doesn't come to often. I know in my religion [christian] that it teaches to respect others for who they are and also respect their religion--never bad mouth other peoples religion. My boy friend is Jewish and we've been together for 1 year...so go for it.
2007-09-06 06:20:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋