<p>Just curious about your thoughts on this...</p>
<p>Ideally, I think it's very nice [or at least neutral, neither something good nor bad]. I don't love it for myself, though... just because my Jewish tradition is a very strong part of who I am.</p>
<p>Not a problem for me, or most of my friends as the lot of my generation seems to be agnostic. Well, the lot of people intelligent enough for me to hang out with (not trying to sound like an arrogant prick, but I know a lot of you have people at your schools who are just plain freaking stupid and lack common sense). </p>
<p>I don't know why, it seems to be an interesting phenomenon. Over half the people in my AP science classes (I've taken 5) were agnostic, and I'm at the heart of the bible belt in Texas. I think its a fairly recent thing.</p>
<p>as an athiest I'd find it difficult to be with someone that actually believed in god because religious people usually come off as crazy to me when they start talking about "god's word" and "what god wants" etc... but I think I could handle someone with moderate beliefs. Maybe someone that likes the sense of community that the church provides but also won't try to make me attend church.</p>
<p>(I still put up a christmas tree and easter decor because I think those holidays are fun and have been so over commercialized that they are far from the original religious intention - come on.. what does the easter bunny and elves have to do with anything?)</p>
<p>In general though, I think interfaith relationships are perfectly ok if the two people can make it work and each person accepts the other's beliefs and doesn't try to convert them - that could create some tension.</p>
<p>I married my college sweetheart- I'm Christian, he's Muslim. Twenty years later, we are still happily together. Respecting others differences goes a long way in any relationship.</p>
<p>I definetely couldn't seriously date someone who's doesn't believe in one god (monotheism), but I would consider dating anyone who has a belief in God at all, but aetheism just isn't cool with me. I have lots of friends (actually my best friend) who are aetheists, and it's such an issue in so many ways, I don't see how that could work out. But I'd consider dating a muslim, jew, christian. :)</p>
<p>I think it depends upon how important your beliefs are to you. If you don't really practice your faith, it probably doesn't matter. If your faith is the center of your life, I think it would be very hard to form a close relationship with someone whose beliefs are totally different. As a friend, yes, but as someone who could become a spouse, I doubt it. After all, if you fall in love, it may be too late to start thinking about things like "Would we worship together?" and "How would we raise any children?"</p>
<p>My own son has decided not to date people who aren't Christian, just for the reasons I stated. He believes the purpose of dating is to eventually find a spouse, and he can't imagine sharing his life with someone who doesn't share this most important part of his life.</p>
<p>I find that I'm incompatible with girls who aren't atheist/agnositic. I can date ones who at the very least aren't totally ensconsed in religious dogmata.</p>
<p>I consider myself an agnostic (I guess, I'm still in the contemplating phase) and my boyfriend is a Christian (not really practicing, but he believes in God). And for us it doesn't pose any problems. We're in a serious relationship and just respect each other's beliefs. I could marry someone like that. It doesn't matter to me as long as they don't try to force their beliefs on me.</p>
<p>i myself am an indian n a hindu n im dating a christian girl...we respect each others beliefs... n as far as possible never bring up the matter of religion</p>
<p>In my current state of mind, I couldn't get into a serious relationship with someone who is deep into religion if they intend to bring me along for the ride. I dated a deep Christian girl for about a week before she left and hooked up with some church-going God-fearing guy. While I believe in God and a creator, I have no intention on going to church anytime soon and religion itself and praising God plays no part in my daily life. And in my experience with Christians (I haven't dealt much with other religions) I have found that they are very "snobbish" towards people who don't share their exact beliefs. The girl I dated gave me up because I didn't go to church like she did. Church plays a huge part in her life and I didn't want it to be a big part in mine. For me church is VERY boring and I don't get anything spiritual out of it. I have better things to do on my Sunday mornings. I am a spiritual person but going to a standard Christian church isn't for me. Maybe that will change later in life.</p>
<p>I like people who are open-minded - I myself am an agnostic- although religion plays almost no role in my life, I do enjoy talking about it in a philosophical sense...and although it would be nice to meet somebody that would share those beliefs, I would not rule out dating somebody religious (or atheist), as long as they were open-minded and not brainwashed...</p>
<p>I don't think I could date someone who was very religious. I've been lucky so far that all of my BFs so far have been, like me, atheist. I really couldn't deal with someone trying to force their beliefs on me.</p>
<p>Several of my friends have expressed that they couldn't date someone who were not at a "similar level with their faith" as they are (and that means the same faith as well). Personally, I don't think I would have any issues dating someone who did not share my particular beliefs about god. I would, however, have an issue with someone who was super conservative with their faith.</p>
<p>i think i could date any religion. except athiests. that poses a problem i don't think could go quite unnoticed.</p>
<p>dating might be alrite, but if you guys end up marrying and you have kids, then one day, the kids will be like, mommy, why doesn't daddy go to church with us? is daddy going to go to hell? then that's when the trouble starts, and one side's going to have to give in. well, i guess some kids could be bi-faithful (is that even a word?), but they'd probably have some identity confusion. so yea, there might not be complications now, but if everything turns out alright from the dating and you look towards the future...</p>
<p>I guess with kids you give them the choice, don't push them in either direction and let them find their own way. That would work with anyone who isn't uber-religious and would insist on their faith.</p>
<p>Me again- I am a practicing Christian. H is a not practicing Muslim. Our children spent part of their lives in my h's home country (predominately muslim) and part here in the States. They have been exposed to both religions and neither has been forced on them. identity confusion? Must definitely not! Instead, our children have a broad perspective of the world, appreciate diversity, and don't take religion for granted.</p>
<p>I think the problems would be greater if your husband WERE a practicing Muslim, and if both of you were very devout in your faith. </p>
<p>And scarletleavy, it would still get confusing. You can't just let little children choose, because they don't know what they are choosing. Would they go to two different services every week? How would you respond when they learned something at one service that contradicted the other one? It's not so much "pushing your faith" on your kids, but sharing what is important to you with them. If we really believe something is true, and it provides meaning and structure to our lives, we naturally want our children to be able to have all that, too.</p>
<p>it wouldn't be a problem for me, cause I have no particular religion, so if I wanted to I could easily convert for the girl if I had to, but I could see it being a problem if both were devout in opposing faiths.</p>