Would you date a theist?

[Anymouse]

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My family is all over the map. My mother is a former Wiccan, now atheist. My maternal grandparents and great-grandparents were spiritualists, while my father's family were all Roman Catholics. My sister is a deaconess in the Metropolitan Community Church. My step-father is Wiccan, my wife is a strong atheist, my ex-wife is a Presbyterian converted to the Roman Catholic Church, my son is RC with heavy Wiccan overtones, and my aunt is the former Chief Presbyter of Chicago and now in semi-retirement as a Presbyterian minister in a small town in Michigan.

If we snubbed each other based on religion, none of us would be talking to each other.

James. Hit and run hammered dulcimer playing.

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Wow. Thanksgiving must be interesting. I've never really experienced any Wiccans, besides a few acquaintances. Are yours into spells, black cats and stuff or are they mostly 'one-with-nature'/Celtic pantheistic types?
My mother's side, like I previously said, are all Presbyterian. My father is a Deist. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all apathetic (probably atheist/deist) Irish Catholics. My sister is an atheist. Most of my cousins are casual Christians or agnostics, though I have one who is a Buddhist. It makes for interesting conversations. Ironically my sister and I (the only two real atheists) are the two who argue the most when our family has a religious discussion; but, there are plenty of other reasons for that. rofl

Spells, not so much like you would read in a fantasy novel or "Wicca for Dummies" (there is such a book by IDG)

I look at the concept of God/Goddess more as archetypes rather than deities throwing their weight around the Universe, which is why my wife is somewhat confused as to my actual belief system. It doesn't confuse me, however I am not sure I can explain it (nor am I sure anyone would be interested in it anyway), but I view the God/Goddess idea of Wicca as more of an ideal of male/femaleness of most life on Earth, and as for the fertility rite aspect of Wicca, I am all for that.

I also have a healthy dose of Discordia in my life, and with all the chaos in it, I can almost imagine someone directing chaos, fnord. And as for Discordian ritual, most Discordians aren't much into ritual anyway. My wife and I were married in a Discordian rite we wrote, however, and our private ceremony was only attended by a chipmunk. She ate the golden delicious apple after the rite was over. (Eris disguised as a chipmunk, perhaps?)

As for ritual, any sort of ritual can be calming to the mind, and probably better for my epilepsy than the pheonbarbital I take for it.

But what is calming to my mind right now is the flash flood here is over, and the thunderstorms are passing away to the east.
James.