(December 12, 2011 at 9:09 am)Galileo Wrote: Hi guys...
is anyone here an atheist married to someone who practices a religion actively?
If so, I have the following questions for you.
how on earth do you deal with it?
what kind of compremises have you had to make?
I found out a few months ago that my husband actually didn't know I was an atheist. There was no big religious discussion about our wedding, because under swiss law I had to marry him in the town hall, so there could be no religious celebration, and the question therefore never came up. It did however ask me my religion on the form, and I had the interpreter put down Atheist, but my husband must not have been listening or something.
My husband just assumed I believed in god, something that I find annoying in itself.
but now he knows I don't, and this is an issue for me. It was an issue last year, when he wanted me to attend midnight mass with him and I refused to do so on principle.
since then we have had any number of arguments over all kinds of things...and it's wearing me out, I can tell you.
I just don't know what to do about it.
Do you know how religiously observant your husband is or how seriously he takes his beliefs (Roman Catholic I am assuming)?
Because a lot of people who consider themselves Christians aren't particularly observant or take their beliefs really seriously. I worry more about the ones who are very observant and take their faith quite seriously. Because those people worry about you not being 'saved' and suffering for all entirety in hell after you die.
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