(July 5, 2013 at 7:25 pm)Stan Wrote:(July 5, 2013 at 7:20 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Well, I can't remember if I replied here or not, but here goes...
My atheist self is married to a catholic girl, we've had 3 kids and, after.... damn... more than 10 years putting up with her, we're still at it!
She goes to her ritual every Sunday, I complain about it every now and then... not too much, just enough, when that ritual conflicts with some more important task.
She doesn't care much about my atheism and lets me be...
I let her her baptize the kids and take them to sunday school... while I answer truthfully when they ask me if I believe that god exists... and then ask them back!
So yes, it is possible... it's all in how permissive you're willing to be... and her too.
Life as couple has very little to do with belief in a sky-daddy.
Thank you too. Was it easy for you and your ethics/beliefs to allow/ignore the baptizing and sunday schooling of your children?
Baptizing was a once in a lifetime thing... Heck, I was baptized when I was 6 months old and it didn't do any harm... permanent, at least.. in fact, it made the marriage process a bit easier, as it could be done in a church, just like she wanted... another once in a lifetime event, just make her happy and get on with it.
Sunday schooling is different... I'm not very comfortable with it, but I know it only takes a sprinkle of doubt to undo the damage they do in there, so... meh. The condition I imposed is simple: just don't waste my time with that ridiculous thing. She takes and brings the kids from that school and from mass.
Plus... I think she likes me!
