(May 22, 2018 at 12:03 pm)Drich Wrote:(May 22, 2018 at 9:35 am)Aegon Wrote: My girlfriend and I met in Washington DC. I'm from NY and she's from SC. Im going down to visit her for the first time. Well apparently she has a friend who immediately asked whether I was Christian; when she said no (something that doesn't bother her) they told her it could never work and she could do better.
I found that pretty hurtful and disgustingly judgmental. How do people judge others based off their religious beliefs so easily and harshly? Before they even know them? And of course now I automatically dislike them, which may not be fair either.
Being from NY I never really felt too much pushback for being an atheist outside of my immediate family, so this was very shocking to me. Guess i need to get out more
we are told not not be unequally yoked with non believers simply because their disbelief will always put a strain on the relationship between us and God and us and out spouces... not that we are to divorice a non believer if we later convert, it just life will be easier if we marry someone who shares the same world values as we do.
People were told that to help maintain the unanimity of the newly formed cult; the Mormons do the exact same thing, as did the cult at Waco.
