(December 14, 2011 at 10:34 am)Cinjin Wrote: This is a fair point. Marriages can be infuriating regardless of adding conflicting personal religious beliefs.
However, there may be the possibility of converting your husband Galileo. Converting someone like Tacky would be nearly impossible -- He knows much about his faith and has a myriad of alternative explanations about the corrupt nature of the bible. However, devout Catholics are notoriously naive and often have never even read their Bible, save a couple of verses. In fact, their particular version of Christianity is often so dark and menacing that some easily welcome the chance at freedom and enlightenment with little argument.
If I were you, I'd get my shit together and convert him. When the evidence is presented properly to a christian who has no understanding of what he or she believes the result can be life-changing.
just a thought.
And how would you feel if the roles were reversed and he was trying to convert her? Helping someone who doesn't have strong belief or who's belief is already faltering to solidify what they believe is fine. Some cases though (as pointed out elsewhere) could have him coming back more devout. That's why I suggest forgetting the mentality of converting and shoot for an open and clear understanding.
On a side note, I'm just as open to conversion/deconversion as any other rational person. I find it telling that you encourage the converting of the weak-minded and ill informed rather than the well informed
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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