Religion & Dating... Thoughts? (28)
SchylerSilveyBolivar, Missouri USA3 Threads 29 PostsHow important is religion (men & women) when considering someone for a potential life partner? Does it play a pivotal role in what you decide or are you more secular when it comes to finding love? Does it matter? Thoughts?
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SchylerSilvey: How important is religion (men & women) when considering someone for a potential life partner? Does it play a pivotal role in what you decide or are you more secular when it comes to finding love? Does it matter? Thoughts?
If the two people don't accept and respect the other person for who they are, then what would religion have to do with anything?
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SchylerSilvey: How important is religion (men & women) when considering someone for a potential life partner? Does it play a pivotal role in what you decide or are you more secular when it comes to finding love? Does it matter? Thoughts?
Opposites attract and I think there are many people that have been able to thrive on that.
I also think there are many things to consider when it comes to dating or more.
Religion and even politics were things that used I never consider as important as long neither person stopped the other's views or practices. I'm pretty certain I was wrong on that.
Similar values with views, can and most likely will play a major role on any type of longevity or maybe even a 2nd and 3rd date. It still comes down to the people involved but I think these are things that can help in the long run.
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Nothing really.. That's kinda my point. In my view, one SHOULD respect another person's beliefs and at the end of the day, those beliefs (in this case religious ones) should never be what comes between them. But that's just my opinion.
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SchylerSilvey: Nothing really.. That's kinda my point. In my view, one SHOULD respect another person's beliefs and at the end of the day, those beliefs (in this case religious ones) should never be what comes between them. But that's just my opinion.
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Draegoneer: Opposites attract and I think there are many people that have been able to thrive on that.
I also think there are many things to consider when it comes to dating or more.
Religion and even politics were things that used I never consider as important as long neither person stopped the other's views or practices. I'm pretty certain I was wrong on that.
Similar values with views, can and most likely will play a major role on any type of longevity or maybe even a 2nd and 3rd date. It still comes down to the people involved but I think these are things that can help in the long run.
I also think there are many things to consider when it comes to dating or more.
Religion and even politics were things that used I never consider as important as long neither person stopped the other's views or practices. I'm pretty certain I was wrong on that.
Similar values with views, can and most likely will play a major role on any type of longevity or maybe even a 2nd and 3rd date. It still comes down to the people involved but I think these are things that can help in the long run.
So would you say that, in relationships, similar religious (and political) views are a must?
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SchylerSilvey: So would you say that, in relationships, similar religious (and political) views are a must?
I say for some, maybe many, it might be a must.
I pointed out that there are people the thrive from being more opposite from the start.
It comes down to the people involved. Although many may have a set preference, it's the two people involved that can make that decision.
Average relationships I've seen over the last 20-25 years, similar seem to last longer while opposites seem roughly 5-13 years or so.
As for me, I've chosen to be single for the last 7-8 years. I still have other priorities.
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galrads: If the two people don't accept and respect the other person for who they are, then what would religion have to do with anything?
Agree
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Draegoneer: I pointed out that there are people the thrive from being more opposite from the start.
It comes down to the people involved. Although many may have a set preference, it's the two people involved that can make that decision.
Average relationships I've seen over the last 20-25 years, similar seem to last longer while opposites seem roughly 5-13 years or so.
As for me, I've chosen to be single for the last 7-8 years. I still have other priorities.
It comes down to the people involved. Although many may have a set preference, it's the two people involved that can make that decision.
Average relationships I've seen over the last 20-25 years, similar seem to last longer while opposites seem roughly 5-13 years or so.
As for me, I've chosen to be single for the last 7-8 years. I still have other priorities.
That's a fair point, I dunno about the last part but to be fair I'm a pretty reclusive person so I'm kinda oblivious to the results of most relationships in regards to how they begin and in for others beyond myself.
You make a decent compromise of a point. I'll keep that in mind.
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SchylerSilvey: How important is religion (men & women) when considering someone for a potential life partner? Does it play a pivotal role in what you decide or are you more secular when it comes to finding love? Does it matter? Thoughts?
Opposites attract so long as they're driving towards the same goal like good cop and bad cop are both trying to catch the criminal.
In the whole religious women are better and more feminine women. There's something inherently feminine about submitting to an all-powerful male authority in the sky which you have no real world evidence for and only your emotion, and religion itself contains so many domesticated-friendly life lessons. So long as her religion doesn't clash with the overall objective then it's an advantage.
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Rumples: Opposites attract so long as they're driving towards the same goal like good cop and bad cop are both trying to catch the criminal.
In the whole religious women are better and more feminine women. There's something inherently feminine about submitting to an all-powerful male authority in the sky which you have no real world evidence for and only your emotion, and religion itself contains so many domesticated-friendly life lessons. So long as her religion doesn't clash with the overall objective then it's an advantage.
In the whole religious women are better and more feminine women. There's something inherently feminine about submitting to an all-powerful male authority in the sky which you have no real world evidence for and only your emotion, and religion itself contains so many domesticated-friendly life lessons. So long as her religion doesn't clash with the overall objective then it's an advantage.
Although in an atheist society like Britain I look to her talking about alternative medicine, astrology or reincarnation as proxies for religious faith and the indifference to truth and reality which comes with it. To believe these makes one happier and more forgiving. I'd be a lot happier if everything I believed in was rubbish.
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@Rumples HAHA You've made some excellent points there sir!
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SchylerSilvey: How important is religion (men & women) when considering someone for a potential life partner? Does it play a pivotal role in what you decide or are you more secular when it comes to finding love? Does it matter? Thoughts?
Ideal;y, they should compliment each other with a nice harmonious relationship...but for the life of me, I just can't see a lovely Amish girl being in a relationship with a Rastafarian in any way nor a nice Shinto Japanese man dating a Voodoo priestess from Haiti...
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Kattte: Ideal;y, they should compliment each other with a nice harmonious relationship...but for the life of me, I just can't see a lovely Amish girl being in a relationship with a Rastafarian in any way nor a nice Shinto Japanese man dating a Voodoo priestess from Haiti...
Hmm... I never actually considered those combinations.
I do have a friend that's Jewish and hes married to a Muslim. I thought that was pretty shocking but perhaps I was thinking too mainstream.. Fair points.
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People can have and even uphold their preferences.
We can portray what we think it should be, how it should be, or even why it should be that way while considering a partner.
I don't think there is anything that can be that cut and dried about considering or having a partner. Are there things to consider? Absolutely.
Time and communication. Our biggest obstacles our ourselves and things we can't or won't accept in a partner. That goes both ways since it still takes two. From what I've read over the years; I think they still call them "deal breakers".
The true level of commitment and love can over come a lot. It seems harder these days, to find that type of lover, friend, partner, worker, and anything else reasonable, two people should be for and to each other.
Putting any type of scenario to it just doesn't seem to work. There are relationships that defy logic to some of the people looking from the outside in. Just like there are failed relationships that some may not understand that seem to zero sense at all.
We can portray what we think it should be, how it should be, or even why it should be that way while considering a partner.
I don't think there is anything that can be that cut and dried about considering or having a partner. Are there things to consider? Absolutely.
Time and communication. Our biggest obstacles our ourselves and things we can't or won't accept in a partner. That goes both ways since it still takes two. From what I've read over the years; I think they still call them "deal breakers".
The true level of commitment and love can over come a lot. It seems harder these days, to find that type of lover, friend, partner, worker, and anything else reasonable, two people should be for and to each other.
Putting any type of scenario to it just doesn't seem to work. There are relationships that defy logic to some of the people looking from the outside in. Just like there are failed relationships that some may not understand that seem to zero sense at all.
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SchylerSilvey: Hmm... I never actually considered those combinations.
I do have a friend that's Jewish and hes married to a Muslim. I thought that was pretty shocking but perhaps I was thinking too mainstream.. Fair points.
I do have a friend that's Jewish and hes married to a Muslim. I thought that was pretty shocking but perhaps I was thinking too mainstream.. Fair points.
Your friend isn't s proper Jew, I've catholic
Friends that call themselves catholic yet
They never set foot inside a church
They're not catholic
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Without getting into another annoying religious debate (I have enough of those) but I must say, most Atheists are secular, this means they do not care about what you believe nor are they willing to fight to change it.
In fact, most Atheists would rather not talk about it but then have to endure the raving rants of religious nuts telling them how evil they are.
In fact, most Atheists would rather not talk about it but then have to endure the raving rants of religious nuts telling them how evil they are.
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SchylerSilvey: How important is religion (men & women) when considering someone for a potential life partner? Does it play a pivotal role in what you decide or are you more secular when it comes to finding love? Does it matter? Thoughts?
I think it's pretty important, however, even so, both should believe the same way. I'm not particularly any religion, but I would prefer my partner believe in a creator and His power as I do. I think it's important because if religion or God is important to you, then it should be important to the one that your dating. If there's a potential future involved.
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Noahide4ever: I think it's pretty important, however, even so, both should believe the same way. I'm not particularly any religion, but I would prefer my partner believe in a creator and His power as I do. I think it's important because if religion or God is important to you, then it should be important to the one that your dating. If there's a potential future involved.
So if the person you met happened to be an Atheist and was a good person, perhaps the best person you had met up to that point, would you deny him solely because he didn't share your belief?
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SchylerSilvey: So if the person you met happened to be an Atheist and was a good person, perhaps the best person you had met up to that point, would you deny him solely because he didn't share your belief?
I would not deny him,
There is a way, a cool way .
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