Any athiest or agnostic women?

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I'm not an atheist persay, I'm more agnostic & consider myself a Secular Humanist. I come from a conservative relgious area where lots are hypocritical & judgmental with the do as I say & not as I do attitude. When wanting a relationship I never limited myself to atheist or agnostic women but I wanted a women to respect my beliefs or rather non beliefs as I would respect her's. I didn't like having things pushed on me & wanted to be accepted without that so it's only rite that I'm respectful of religious if they are respectful of me not being religious. My girlfriend considers herself a Pantheist. I'm not really sure what that is but she sort of worships in her own way. She does go to church sometimes when she's staying at her parents but doesn't consider herself part of that religion. She would like to go to church more but would have to find one around here that sounds appealing to her. I'm sportive of her going if she would find out about one she'd like to try & I'd go with her if she wanted me to so she wouldn't be going by herself or anything even if I wouldn't believe it because I believe in supporting my partner.

Theists who claim that god(s) made the universe, and strong-atheists who claim that gods certainly do not exist (while simultaneously admitting that they don't have the answer), are two sides of the same coin in my opinion. Both are claiming to know things that they do not have the information to know.

It's my firm belief that humanity is one of many types of tiny creatures on a tiny planet, with no real idea of why this universe exists. I'd like a partner who takes that same position. It takes something to admit that you simply don't know; something that I believe potentially reflects a very positive attribute of your personality.

I was brought up as a Humanist. The origins of Humanism began during the Industrial Revolution in the U.K.. The forced expulsion of tenant farmers who had worked the same land for 100's of years so that sheep be installed ( for the wool textile industry), + the homelessness that this created, and the terrible working conditions, esp. for children forced many of the 1st industrialists to re-think what they had accomplished by turning society upside down.
The 1st Humane Societies in the U.K. advocated for Children as well as animals, since children ( & women) were considered under the law as 'animals' & property. They wanted children to have at least a rudimentary education, & for all workers to have a common day of rest, decent & safe working conditions, & a limit on the hours that they could be forced to work.

None of the major churches would assist or advocate for workers. None of them spoke up for the children working in mines & factories for sometimes 16 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Humanists stood up for basic human rights, but organized religion felt that 'it was not their job' to put an opinion on 'Worldly things'. This caused a split between Churches & social activists like The Humanists.

It is not necessary to be Atheist, Agnostic, or Anti-Theist to be a Humanist. You can be as religious as you like, or not religious at all, but the idea seems to be that organized religion will often not comment on social evils, so you shouldn't rely on them to assist in progress toward a more 'Humane' society.
(& Churches often rely on the contributions of the rich to maintain themselves.)

I'm personally inclined to believe in the sacredness of all things in Nature, & respecting them & the environment of our planet. I'm not a believer in God as a personality. I don't believe that any one faith has all or even most of the answers. I don't even believe that some of them have asked the right questions.

I do believe in respecting others, the Earth, & yourself.
I have one commandment: " Behave Yourself!"

I'm very much a Atheist and I would never be with a religious girl. She must be something really special if I'm to overlook a religiously tainted mind.

For 16 years of my life I was an extrEMELY devout Catholic.
Worst years of my life. Abysmal. A very harsh and ironic hell. hahah
However, I came upon my own form of "enlightenment" and have been very happily an Anti-Theist Atheist for the past few years.

I'm definitely not militant about it, nor would I ever (openly) shun or deride someone for their religious beliefs. I really love hearing about different cultures and their beliefs+religions (oops my Anthropologist is showing), so I always make sure to keep an unbiased and open ear to absolutely any and everyone. I truly believe that anything about a person can be interesting, and I want to listen to what they have to say.
I only have a problem when religion goes out of hand--like it does so often. I've seen what it can do to people when practiced "too fervently", and I've felt it for myself. I feel like it can make people go legitimately insane, and I find it to be often used as a quick and easy explanation for what people are too fearful too understand or accept as scientifically accurate and true.
However, I know of many excellent and completely stable religious people, and we have no problems getting along. They say "I'm religious" I go "okay, I'm an Atheist", and we respect each other and move on. I like that bit

Both myself and my fiance are agnostic. I kind of have the view "I will believe it when I see it" because most of the religious around here use religion to control others based on fear "If you do not donate to the church renovation project, you will go to hell." etc.. although that is a very simplified version, I live in Indiana (super conservative place, work/ attend school at a private Catholic college.. you get the picture.

I'm a non-believer. Impossible to be in a long (or short) relationship with religious people without sacrificing my peace of mind.

Pretty much this. No interest in spending time with someone who's trying to line up with an army and shake fists at Other Side Made of Eevuls.

I am religious but I would be okay with dating an atheist as long as she didn't mind me going to church and being otherwise involved in religious activities.

Living in the Netherlands, I don't actually know any religious people.
And I'm glad, I would never be close to a person who believes in that nonsense.

i'm an atheist. i don't think i could date a religious person. i was raised by an overbearing traditional conservative muslim so i have nothing but bad memories from that time.