It is a good question but your phrasing was clunky so I didn't fully get what you wanted to know. I certainly haven't made any hard decisions on the matter. Like all things it depends on the woman. I mostly think it is a bad idea.
There is a Muslim women I am currently hanging out with a bit but I am more inclined to just be friends with her due to her raging theism. She seems open to discuss religion but seems to always blast out raw assertions that bother me. Things like, "You know when God wants you to <insert non-sequiter here>." I just don't know how to even deal with a statement phrased like that. We haven't really been in the kind of atmosphere that lends itself to a religious discussion but we will see. I have talked to her a little about morals and my idea that morals are relative definitly confuses her. I can read her mind (no not literally) and imagine she is thinking, "but without God, how do you know what a good action is?"
You got that right, not practical at all! I think if you were to date a Christian you would have to take religion off the table for the most part to avoid hurt feelings. Most relationships I have been in have a few sore spots that you have to approach with kid gloves, e.g. this one has daddy abandonment issues, or that one was raped. I guess I am attracted to women with baggage. *wry smile*
I think the worst thing any of us can do is create the perfect mate in our heads then compare any person we meet to that idealized, imaginary person.
Rhizo
There is a Muslim women I am currently hanging out with a bit but I am more inclined to just be friends with her due to her raging theism. She seems open to discuss religion but seems to always blast out raw assertions that bother me. Things like, "You know when God wants you to <insert non-sequiter here>." I just don't know how to even deal with a statement phrased like that. We haven't really been in the kind of atmosphere that lends itself to a religious discussion but we will see. I have talked to her a little about morals and my idea that morals are relative definitly confuses her. I can read her mind (no not literally) and imagine she is thinking, "but without God, how do you know what a good action is?"
Quote:I would be perfectly happy to go out with a Christian girl if she let me debate or argue with her about her beliefs pretty much 24/7, but I sincerely doubt that that would ever happen or that it's at all practical.
You got that right, not practical at all! I think if you were to date a Christian you would have to take religion off the table for the most part to avoid hurt feelings. Most relationships I have been in have a few sore spots that you have to approach with kid gloves, e.g. this one has daddy abandonment issues, or that one was raped. I guess I am attracted to women with baggage. *wry smile*
I think the worst thing any of us can do is create the perfect mate in our heads then compare any person we meet to that idealized, imaginary person.
Rhizo