Would you break up with someone because of their religion?

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What if you found out your boyfriend/girlfriend was a theistic satanist who sacrifices small animals to Satan? What if they were Buddhist? What if they were Wiccan or followed some kind of Pagan religion? Would you break up with them if their beliefs went against everything you believed in?

If I was that against them I wouldn't get with them to begin with..

Sorry to say, but yes. Dating an atheist is one of my deal breakers.

But It's an unlikely scenario as

1) it would likely be discussed before any dating progressed.
2) I am instantly repelled by staunch atheism attitude

They'd have to be pretty spectacular for me to break this deal breaker. I can only see it happening if it wasn't discussed and the guy isn't a staunch atheist or doesn't really care.

Last edited by hale_bopp on 04 Sep 2011, 9:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.

No. I once dated a girl for a few months who belonged to a Buddhist personality cult. Didnt bother me.

As long as I'm not expected to believe, and no animals are harmed, I don't care in the least. I see them as hobbies.

If I was going to break up with someone because of religion, I would do it because I feel that their religion is impairing my ability to interact with that person in a meaningful way. Chances are, if I like someone a lot, they aren't going to be the type of person to sacrifice a pig's testicles to the God of Thunder because a guy on TV told her to. I don't have a lot in common with the type of people that have mindsets like that.

That's actually quite a good way of putting it. Because it's what it's really about, eh?

I think heading into a relationship, you would expect to know this sort of thing.

I don't want to date anyone who is serious about religion. If someone became much more serious about it, then I'd seriously consider dropping her.

I wouldn't date someone if they were a rigid Christian--I'm Wiccan or follow some kind of pagan religion! I wouldn't like anyone who hates people like me (gay, pagan, against worshipping, freaked out by the insane god they put in the bible), and most rigid Christians either outwardly hate people like me or just pretend they don't and try to convert me.

I'm not really a fan of Christians either.. They may be ok if they said nothing about their religion or wern't proper followers ie: Didn't go to church/ don't care about me using the "lord's" name in vain.

I agree; the nice Christians are okay--the ones who aren't too rigid and the ones who see Christianity as a religion of love rather than a religion of rules. My great-grandfather was a Methodist minister. I never got to meet him, but everyone says he was smiley all the time and he told Bible jokes. Example:
"When is elastic first mentioned in the Bible?"
[hysterical laughter because he could never finish a joke without laughing]
"When King Solomon tied his ass to a tree and walked a mile!"

I like his kind of Christianity, not the scary kind like my dad's parents who would hate me if they knew half of me.

I wouldn't break up with someone who was religious, I just wouldn't date them in the first place

No.

I don't care what her religion is,
as long as she respects the dignity of people with different religious views.

The problem is when the religion prevents people from respecting the dignity of people with different religious views.

That's not really an issue specifically with religion. The same can be said of politics, philosophy, sense of humor, taste in music, taste in movies, etc. The problem for me is when religion influences the decisions people make. If someone "prays on" decisions rather than thinking things through, or consults a book that tells you how to live your life, that was written back when everyone thought the earth was flat, that's a big problem.

personally i wouldn't care less what their beliefs were or had become.. but if they started sacrificing animals they'd be out the door quicker than *insert something fast *

That would depend. If it effected our relationship and me, then yes I would.

But what do you mean by sacrificing small animals? Killing them or torturing them? If so, then yeah I would break up with them. That's just horrible.