Athiests, would you marry a religious person?

[lookitsaustin]

I don't see why not.

How are you green?  :bananacolor:

[Whitney]

I don't see why not.

How are you green?  

I didn't have the settings right.  Had the relative  new user group settings set to "no" instead of "never."  This made a difference because all new users are also part of the registered users group; so with the "no" setting that allowed the registered users settings to override the new user setting.  But it is fixed now.

[Alexander]

I also voted "it depends'. I don't see myself having a happy, civil, mature, fulfilling and mutually respectful relationship with a raging fundamentalist. There's too much of a different to overcome with understanding, tolerance, and compromise in that kind of instance. On the other hand, a so-called moderate religious woman who isn't going to try and convert me (just as I would never try to convert someone) or would require our children to choose sides before turning 18, I could see that working.

I don't think I could marry a member of an Abrahamic religion, but I could probably deal with a Buddhist or Pagan. At least I'd know they wouldn't try to shove their views down my throat or try to convert me.

[ForTheLoveOfAll]

I'm engaged to an amazing young woman who calls herself a Christian, because she "believes what the Bible says, except for this and that and that and this and that and..."

She's a very moral person, but she doesn't get her morals from the Bible. It's her label, and I love her all the same. At the rate things are going she'll probably fall away from believing anything the Bible has to say.

[Will37]

Sure.

[missedtheboat]

I'd say it depends. If the guy is trying to preach to me, my friends, or family. Or if he is waiting to have sex until marriage.(kidding...sort of..ok no I'm not) GONE!


If the guy knows his boundaries, understands that we have different views, and leaves it at that. Sure!

[ThinkAnarchy]

Well, I'm currently with and "idontcareist." She could care less about it all. I probably could if she wasn't to serious in her faith. I tend not to agree with most people on most things, I simply lucked out by finding a woman who doesn't clash with my political and atheistic ideas.

[slapdashartist]

I most likely wouldn't. In all honesty, I have a passionate hatred towards religion. I think I would lose some ounce of my ability to take them seriously if they believed in God. To me, non-belief seems like common sense and believing is just a denial of facts. I respect peoples choice in their religious affiliation, but I would be more inclined to be with someone who was a bit more open-minded.

[Sweetdeath]

My girlfriend considers herself spiritual, but she is not religious in any way. It works, and i'm happy. I also get to make lots of Jesus jokes with her.

[G-Roll]

i say yes i would.

because i wouldnt be dumb enough to marry someone who doesnt respect my point of view or world view. to state that someone would try and convert you or clash heads with you all the time because they are religious is silly.
i also think its telling when someone says they couldnt be with a religious person because they would look down upon them or verbally abuse that person. and i always thought it was the religious ones with the closed minds...

[Crow]

I do not want to get married at all (I know this sounds very childish).

This is a conversation that keeps arising a lot with my friends recently with some getting married and the question being asked of those in long-term relationships, eventually filtering down to me the happy selfish singleton. I don't suit life in a relationship, experienced it a bunch of times but quickly get irritated by the situation and have no desire to change my current circumstances.

I'm fine with others getting married especially if I'm invited, they have a free bar at the reception, and have attractive friends or family. Its just not for me.

I think people being of a certain belief is a non-issue when concerning the average believer but an active die-hard within there faith would be an issue but I doubt a proper relationship between that type of person and an atheist would properly develop.

I'm more interested to know would the theists of this forum marry an atheist?

[Sweetdeath]

Oh, Crow <3
Trust me, you're not the only one. I think marriage is pointless. I knw some people look forward to it, but i've never even thought about it. I feel like, if you love someone, just BE WITH THEM.

Sadly, I know some people get married for gov benefits, which I am irritated by. Prople who are married shouldn't get benefits.   Marriage should be personal, and the goverment shouldn't be involved.

[Davin]

@Sweetdeath: I support marraige for giving more power to the spouse than the parents. I think that is better because the partner is much more likely to be inline with the wishes and best interest than the parents. As a real life example: My ex-brother in law fought his family in law to get his wife a blood transfusion and won because he was the spouse, had they not been married then she would have died because blood transfusions were against her parents religion even though she was no longer part of the religion.

So as long as living wills get trumped by family when your partner's life is on the line (or your life is on the line), I'm all for marriage to be able to protect your partner.

[Sweetdeath]

@Davin: Yeah, that was pretty much the excusr my girlfriend came up with. Though I heard you can make a living will via the hospital without marriage.

I'm sorry to hear about your brother's wife. Glad she's alright. What kind of sick people would let their own daughter die?

[ThinkAnarchy]

@Davin: Yeah, that was pretty much the excusr my girlfriend came up with. Though I heard you can make a living will via the hospital without marriage.

I'm sorry to hear about your brother's wife. Glad she's alright. What kind of sick people would let their own daughter die?

My girlfriend and I are in the same camp as you on the marriage issue. It is a ritual created by religion and adopted by the state in order to tax it. I will eventually by her a ring because she likes diamonds, on top of the fact it is a nice symbolic way to show our commitment.

We also plan to draw up contracts dealing with the things mentioned above, essentially giving the other power of attorney. Along with wills ensuring we will inherit the estate as opposed to our families.

I think marriage is a waste of money and completely useless though. It also needlessly complicates the breaking up process should the relationship go down the shiter.