I, personally, don't have a problem with other people's religions and have friendships with people of various spiritual beliefs. I respect and understand everyone's need for fulfillment and answers wherever they may be found. I was raised in a Christian household, was sent to a Christian school, but never felt any sort of conviction in what I was taught. After I made the decision to cease attending church, my mother told me one night (in tears) that it broke her heart that (because I am agnostic) we would be separated for eternity. It was fairly traumatizing that my mother, even though she loves me unconditionally, thought that I would go to "hell" because I did not subscribe to Christianity.
I'd only marry a theist. Atheist friends are great, they challenge me in ways my fellow theists do not. But marriage is another matter. If you don't share your deepest values, it just won't work.
"theism refers to a doctrine concerning the nature of a monotheistic God and God's relationship to the universe.[3] Theism, in this specific sense, conceives of God as personal, present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The use of the word theism as indicating a particular doctrine of monotheism arose in the wake of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century to contrast with the then emerging deism that contended that God, though transcendent and supreme, did not intervene in the natural world and could be known rationally but not via revelation.[4]"
^ (just to make clear what I'm referring to) probably not - holding that belief would cause a fundamental gap I think
Someone that then also turns to guidelines and rules and obligations that come with practising that belief: out of the question (been there, done that).
What about the ones that believe in leprecauns and brownies that steal your keys?
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Wait, better call them "superstitions", not values.
Ok, let's think for a second.
The people who said they would not marry a woman who believes in God.
1. We don't choose who we fall in love with.
2. There are more women who believe in God (at least where I live) than women who don't believe (which are practically inexistent here).
So, theoretically, the odds of falling in love with a woman who believes in God are higher than the odds of falling in love with a woman who doesn't believe in God, since there are MORE OF THEM.
So, you are saying that, even if you would love her, you wouldn't marry her? That's nonsense.
PS: Religious fanatics excluded.
Huh? What makes you think that it's equally likely for me to fall in love with everyone?Ok, let's think for a second.
The people who said they would not marry a woman who believes in God.
1. We don't choose who we fall in love with.
2. There are more women who believe in God (at least where I live) than women who don't believe (which are practically inexistent here).
So, theoretically, the odds of falling in love with a woman who believes in God are higher than the odds of falling in love with a woman who doesn't believe in God, since there are MORE OF THEM.
So, you are saying that, even if you would love her, you wouldn't marry her? That's nonsense.