Re: How Important Is Religion When Dating? ezydriver: I dated an ex Jehovahs witness whose whole family were still practicing. I have only one thing to say. Never again. Religion seems to be a manmade bullshit story that gets in the way of what is real. It puts up barriers amongst people that, in the absence of religion, might make lifelong soulmates. Personally I believe in what I can actually see and feel. Such as love and emotion. These are what mother nature gave us and this is fundamentally all we need. But, true to human style, we think we can go one better and invent our own system. Which, always fails us or causes untold problems.
Re: How Important Is Religion When Dating? twobeautifulkids: I think it's as important as the people who are dating think it is. To me, this time around, it's going to be a priority. I want someone who is willing to go to church with me regularly and has similar beliefs to mine. Not someone who does it to appease me a handful of times in a dozen years. I go to church regularly, am on the nursery staff at the church and very involved in the church community. It's a big part of who I am.
Re: How Important Is Religion When Dating? wizer_now: [quote author=l0progression link=topic=40515.msg448686#msg448686 date=1169852359">
I'm a strong atheist and I find it difficult to date women who are overly religious or excessively spiritual...Anyway, just wondering how other people on this board feel. Does it matter at all to you?
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It matters to me. My girlfriend and myself met online, and the reasons we were mutually attracted had a lot to do with the fact that we are both athiests. I think that we have a lot in common, not only because of our lack of religious beliefs, but our value systems and views in general, which I think, are themselves expressed in our feelings about religion.
Contrasting views on religion have the potential to cause major problems in a marriage. As if there aren't enough other triggers...
Re: How Important Is Religion When Dating? hudson: [quote author=wizer_now link=topic=40515.msg449160#msg449160 date=1169947556">
Contrasting views on religion have the potential to cause major problems in a marriage. As if there aren't enough other triggers...
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Totally agree with wizer on this. You simply cannot have conflicting philosophies of life in one household. It doesn't work. It will interfere with every aspect of life from the marriage, to the kids, to the future right on down.
l0progression, my advice is, either find god or just date atheists.
Re: How Important Is Religion When Dating? tryingtosmile: I think religion is probably one of the MOST important topics to agree on because people usually feel very strongly about it (for it or against it). Therefore, it would be hard to be in a relationship with someone who held different beliefs/values than you.
That doesn't mean that you can't date women who aren't atheists, but your chances of success will be much greater if you date a woman whose beliefs mirror yours.
I also agree with previous posters that the topic becomes even stickier when children are involved....
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