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Would you date a theist?

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Would you date a theist?
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RE: Would you date a theist?
July 30, 2010 at 4:28 pm
At the same time, it is possible to respect someone as a person without having respect for their religious beliefs. Possible, but not always easy, I suppose.
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RE: Would you date a theist?
July 30, 2010 at 10:50 pm
I would date a theist. The relationship's duration would be inversely proportional to her religious militancy.
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RE: Would you date a theist?
August 1, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Yes, I would, and I have. It makes for interesting conversations. My wife used to be Wiccan, now she just believes in karma or some such nonsense. I don't ridicule her, so she's okay with it. She asks me questions from time to time, but our contradicting beliefs otherwise don't usually come up.
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RE: Would you date a theist?
June 30, 2011 at 5:22 pm
(August 28, 2008 at 8:07 pm)Brick-top Wrote: A conversation I'm having with adrian has made me think (as if)

If you're an Atheist would you go out with a Theist?

And vice versa if you're a Theist.

I was dating a muslim for a few months. When she dated me she took off her hejab and tried some breezers for the first time. She admitted that she was happier with me than her fundamentalist ex muslim boyfriend. She didn't really care about my non belief until she dumped me because she knew I was leaving the country. She is now with another muslim and has gone back to the hejab and still admits she was happier with me. I tried getting her to change her religion and now she thinks she wants to marry this new guy and has her whole life planned out. Part of me thinks "fuck it, let her regret marrying this douche bag." The other part of me thinks "save her religiotardation before thinks get worse." So I tried reasoning with her, but then again, how do you reason with the unreasonable? The best I got her to do was read "Why I'm Not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq." It's a great book, I recommend people to read it to get an in depth knowledge of Islam. Sadly...I don't remember any of my girlfriends being anything other than theists. Hopefully I'll find a non believer in college lol Thinking
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RE: Would you date a theist?
June 30, 2011 at 5:30 pm
I ... um ... fell into bed with a very sexual girl who turned out to be a Mormon once. She was intense in bed, sweet and affectionate all day long, but man, as soon as she found out I was an atheist, she shut the door to intimacy. It was funny, too, because she would mention the night we spent together, but then say something like "but I could never let myself do that again." Usually, this preceded attempts to get me to convert. That didn't work out. Some religions DEMAND their own kind.
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RE: Would you date a theist?
June 30, 2011 at 5:31 pm
(June 30, 2011 at 5:30 pm)Epimethean Wrote: I ... um ... fell into bed with a very sexual girl who turned out to be a Mormon once. She was intense in bed, sweet and affectionate all day long, but man, as soon as she found out I was an atheist, she shut the door to intimacy. It was funny, too, because she would mention the night we spent together, but then say something like "but I could never let myself do that again." Usually, this preceded attempts to get me to convert. That didn't work out. Some religions DEMAND their own kind.

That's so hypocritical of her lol. Aren't you not allowed to have sex before marriage in mormanism?
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RE: Would you date a theist?
June 30, 2011 at 5:32 pm
I married a born again christian. Our relationship is going exceedingly well.
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RE: Would you date a theist?
June 30, 2011 at 5:35 pm
(June 30, 2011 at 5:31 pm)adam_1992p Wrote: That's so hypocritical of her lol. Aren't you not allowed to have sex before marriage in mormanism?

Well, let's just say she was going through a divorce, so maybe that granted special freedoms. She certainly was NOT close-minded sexually.
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RE: Would you date a theist?
July 1, 2011 at 3:55 am
Nope. Happened once, not happening again. Just don't shut the hell up about how their grandmother is living proof god is real.
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RE: Would you date a theist?
July 1, 2011 at 3:58 am
(July 1, 2011 at 3:55 am)MilesTailsPrower Wrote: Nope. Happened once, not happening again. Just don't shut the hell up about how their grandmother is living proof god is real.

lol what do you mean about the granny?
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