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27 May 2007, 11:34 am

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I'm an orthodox Roman Catholic and would no longer consider dating a man who was not of the same faith. I want to have a real partnership and deep-running solidarity between my spouse and I, especially with regards to raising children.

Back when I was an atheist, I wouldn't have dated a religious person... for essentially the same reasons.


When I think of people changing their beliefs, it is usually from one religion to another, such as Christianity to Judaism (or the other way) for marriage or similar purposes, or from one faith to agnosticism or atheism, due to a lack of faith. What was the cause for you going "back" to religion, if you don't mind my asking?

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27 May 2007, 12:03 pm

shadexiii wrote:

When I think of people changing their beliefs, it is usually from one religion to another, such as Christianity to Judaism (or the other way) for marriage or similar purposes, or from one faith to agnosticism or atheism, due to a lack of faith. What was the cause for you going "back" to religion, if you don't mind my asking?


As a disclaimer, I don't expect that you will agree with how I see the matter.

But in answer to your question, the key cause for my continual conversion is that I find Catholicism intellectually convincing.



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27 May 2007, 12:05 pm

gwenevyn wrote:
But in answer to your question, the key cause for my continual conversion is that I find Catholicism intellectually convincing.


Hah, regardless of whether or not I agree, that's the best reason I've been given for believing in any faith in quite some time. Belief isn't about whether or not others agree. If it is convincing for you (and with the word intellectually! Not simply "I believe in God because God exists!") then that's all that matters.



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27 May 2007, 12:26 pm

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Hah, regardless of whether or not I agree, that's the best reason I've been given for believing in any faith in quite some time. Belief isn't about whether or not others agree. If it is convincing for you (and with the word intellectually! Not simply "I believe in God because God exists!") then that's all that matters.


Thank you for being so gentle and respectful. :) That made me very happy.



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27 May 2007, 6:02 pm

gwenevyn wrote:
But in answer to your question, the key cause for my continual conversion is that I find Catholicism intellectually convincing.


Are you a Thomist? Don't you also revel in the power
of the mass?



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03 Jun 2007, 9:32 am

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Well, when you speak of "religious people" in negative terms, compare and contrast non-religious people, to give some perspective as to what you mean. For instance, are religious people a certain way that other people are not? Or do we all have our flaws? If one group of people is superior, then claim it clearly, please.

And as far as living with someone of a different (or no) religion, would it be easy for me, a Christian, to live with an atheist? Or would it only be difficult for the atheist who's living with me? Would I find them fully accepting?


What I meant was, it would be something major that we didn't share - not just on Sundays, but it's part of one's outlook on things, as well as little things (my eating pork and drinking alcohol woiuld be a problem for living with a Muslim, for example). I think it would be harder, everything else being equal, both for you to live with an atheist and for an atheist to live with you than for you to live with a Christian or an atheist with another. I refer to relationships, not flatmates and so on.


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03 Jun 2007, 10:25 am

Pork and alcohol could easily be
sacrificed by most people. The real
question is whether both partners could
respect one another's views, without some
vain hope of conversion.



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03 Jun 2007, 1:22 pm

I could not imagine what it would be like to have a relationship with someone who is religious.
Where i live people from my generation are practicly all (around 97% of something proberbly)are not religious.
I cannot relate to those that are religious, they have sets of rules and live by a moral code that isn't of this time and definately doesn't fit in it.
This isn't meanth as offencive but i find people that live by the moral codes of 2000 years ago verry backward.

So no i would simply not consider doing this.
Not like it matters though, noone that i know is religious aniways.