(November 30, 2015 at 9:48 pm)robvalue Wrote: I suppose....
If someone was nominally a Christian, but was so liberal that they didn't take it very seriously at all, it could work. I think it's the worshipping, submission, and thinking morality can and should come from religion that would cause me big problems. Also the idea that people who are not part of the religion deserve lesser afterlives.
In the case of Christianity, there's the added problem of accepting vicarious redemption and the belief that we are inherently broken and in need of fixing. All of these things are fundamental differences I don't think I could overcome in a long term relationship.
Maybe it's a 'Murican Bible Belt thing, but even the "liberal" xtians that I know would try to convert an atheist. They're ok with different xtian denominations being together - I even know of a few Jewish/Catholic couples that make it work, but someone who doesn't believe in god? Oh, the horror!
Even my lovely liberal Catholic friends who know that I'm "not practicing" ask pointed questions sometimes, trying to get me to spell out my problems with Catholicism. It's easy to tell from their sweetly concerned expressions that they really hope to solve my little issues and get me back "into the fold". It's nearly impossible for me to imagine that a xtian who wanted a serious relationship with me wouldn't also be desperate to "save my soul". I doubt that we would get past the 2nd date.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
