For those of you who are Christian...

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Tripleshot

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Tripleshot

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
ok seriuosly?..i'll try not to mind..but a lot of times i can get in the way...me = agnostic...i really didn't mind going to church w/ my xgf and all...but she really wanted to marry a christian and was pushing me to become one like crazy.....that was that dude......depends on the person i suppose......i would like it if my next S.O. has a similar ideology as mine...

I can relate to what you are saying, and I am 52 years old. I felt the same way when I was dating. I did not know what Church was right, and I had ideas many of them were wrong. Placing relegion as a factor in my love with my wife, in those dating days, where way off the radar. My love for her, and hers to me, transcended any need for an organized religous belief. We were satisfied to be joined in marriage by hippies barefoot in Taos, New Mexico. But as I said, wisdom, time, and faith in something bigger than ourselves,giving purpose to life itself, wins out. It took time, it took serious introspect of myself, who I am, who I wanted to be, what kind of father I should be. These questions where easily answered, through ernest and sincere prayer, study, and witness of the example of our Father in Heaven, His only Begotten son in the Flesh, Jesus Christ ,and His atoning sacrifice for me and you, and listening to the still small voice that whispers to me what is right and good, and shouts what to avoid and is bad..
Sorry, that just cannot be denied. I accept the knowledge I have gained and have faith that I have made the right choice. I hope everyone can be as lucky and blessed as I feel I am.

Ah you are the biggest Loon on this board I don't mind because I like you and you don't intimadate me but there are those who you have in the past with your "Hell Raising PM's and Emails!" If Jesus has mellowed you out I'd hate to see you before you found the Lord! I still think the effects of those Peyote Buttons you scarfed back in 75 are still with you Brother

Those where the days Red. And I was just back from the war on the otherside of the world. My wife wrote me a letter EVERY day I was there after I had dated her only 4 nights while on the last leg of my 30 day R&R at home. I swore to myself she was special and I had to be with her for the rest of my life, and now, even beyond that.

I didn't like peyote that much, and shrooms made me sick before the high got there. Do I have memories of those days? Oh hell yea. Which is why I have such a hard time rationaizing the kids of today. And even as I feel the need to share my faith in what I believe to be right, I still lust after a Harley Road King and a month off to ride it with my wife. The past Hell raising was devils advocate role playing to get conversations interesting, just got out of hand at times.

Hmmm, I guess I can say "the devil made me do it".

Life is an adventure. Enjoy the ride. You are only here once. Don't blow your chance to good for someone. Doing good has far more rewards than doing evil.

Lol,dude ,shrooms used to rule at least in my book,I spent so much time in in florida cow pastures!! hehe I

I don't believe in much,hell most of the time I don't believe in myself but I do try to do good and leave people smiling

 

[HappyDude111]

Possibly marry them. I am not opposed totally but it would be a strike against them i guess. But i wouldnt rule it out totally.

 

[Isla]

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Lol,dude ,shrooms used to rule at least in my book,I spent so much time in in florida cow pastures!! hehe I

I don't believe in much,hell most of the time I don't believe in myself but I do try to do good and leave people smiling[/quote]

I knew I recognized you from somewhere! BTW, strawberry season is in full force here. Gotta love Florida farmlands...

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Isla

Lol,dude ,shrooms used to rule at least in my book,I spent so much time in in florida cow pastures!! hehe I

I don't believe in much,hell most of the time I don't believe in myself but I do try to do good and leave people smiling[/quote]

I knew I recognized you from somewhere! BTW, strawberry season is in full force here. Gotta love Florida farmlands...

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Yeah, I've got a shroom tat,lol,how do you think my mind ended up like this LOL,Gainsville !

Btw,back in the day they called me "Sunshine" hahaha,I walked around laughing all the time then,I wish life
could be so easy again

 

[Tripleshot]

Oh yea, orange wedge, purple ozzly, microdot, panama red, hashish, 5 finger 10 dollar lids, and freebase.

Memories, good music, no tats. I can't believe I survived it. I am one kinky grandpa!

Thanks for the flashbacks.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Tripleshot
Oh yea, orange wedge, purple ozzly, microdot, panama red, hashish, 5 finger 10 dollar lids, and freebase.

Memories, good music, no tats. I can't believe I survived it. I am one kinky grandpa!

Thanks for the flashbacks.

Hey, no prob, Peace man

 

[Chrishuff1]

Christian - No, wouldnt date or marry, here is why....II Corinthians 6:14 "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"

 

[dquan97]

Christian; would neither date nor marry

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Chrishuff1
Christian - No, wouldnt date or marry, here is why....II Corinthians 6:14 "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"

What fun loving individual would want to go out with an uptight weenie like you anyways?

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: dquan97
Christian; would neither date nor marry

Like you would even have a choice!!!

 

[hdeck]

christian - would date (not sleep with) and not marry

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: dquan97
Christian; would neither date nor marry

Like you would even have a choice!!!

well, I don't anymore, since I'm getting married in May!

 

[Kadarin]

I'm not a Christian (agnostic-athiest here), but I am very tolerant of others' beliefs when they don't try to shove them down my throat. Depending on the person, I would date and would marry someone of a different religion, provided they and their family respected my own beliefs.

 

Good question. Before, when I fit your profile, I would say no. Now though I'm not Christian, so that really isn't applicable. However, I do want someone with grounded belief system. That could mean a Christian too, but not a "fundamentalist" type or a "backslider". I respect people with belief systems, even if they aren't completely or at all compatible with mine.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: Hatari Chic

Originally posted by: LethalWolfe
I consider myself Christian and I love who I love. I wouldn't bar myself from someone just because they were a different religion than myself. Seems kinda superfical if you ask me.


Lethal

Superficial? Spirituality (as is tied in with religion), for most people, is one of the most ultimately personal, crucial things in their life. It makes sense to consider it as a heavily weighted factor, for some folks.

If you can't "get along" due to religious differences that's one thing, but if you refuse to even date someone just because they are of a different religion that's another. The former is completly understandable. The latter, IMO, is superficial.


Lethal

 

[Chrishuff1]

What fun loving individual would want to go out with an uptight weenie like you anyways?

Who cares? I have faith the right one will come along, and until then, I'm happy being single. Is it better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all?

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: hdeck
christian - would date (not sleep with) and not marry

Same here.

 

[KokomoGST]

Date but not marry...

usually when the relationship started to get more intimate and beyond just the superficial, things stalled and never went further. It's prolly the same for any sort of strong personal conviction.

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: LethalWolfe

Superficial? Spirituality (as is tied in with religion), for most people, is one of the most ultimately personal, crucial things in their life. It makes sense to consider it as a heavily weighted factor, for some folks.

If you can't "get along" due to religious differences that's one thing, but if you refuse to even date someone just because they are of a different religion that's another. The former is completly understandable. The latter, IMO, is superficial.

Lethal[/quote]

Let me put it this way. Think of it as an emotional difference, rather than a spiritual difference. Meaning, to you, dating and marriage really should be an emotional connection, but for this person, dating and marriage is only a mental and physical connection. Now, if you can't get along because of your emotional differences, that's one thing. But would you refuse to date somebody that you *knew* right from the beginning would not be interested in sharing your emotional intensity in the relationship?

That's how it is for many people who have a strong spiritual investment in life. There's no spiritual meeting point, if the person doesn't share that with you, so why even begin a dating/marriage relationship if you'll never get out of it what you want?

 

[Peetoeng]

I would date non-christian. Marrying one is different, tho. My reason (or excuse if you prefer) is that because I feel that I am lacking in interpersonal conflict resolution, I'd better marry one who shares basic values.

If I ever meet one, that'd take a miracle.



<---- misses the day when a man could hide in the bush, and as the daughters of Shiloh pass by, jump out, catch one and make her his wife . Good ol' days!

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: Hatari Chic

Originally posted by: LethalWolfe

Superficial? Spirituality (as is tied in with religion), for most people, is one of the most ultimately personal, crucial things in their life. It makes sense to consider it as a heavily weighted factor, for some folks.

If you can't "get along" due to religious differences that's one thing, but if you refuse to even date someone just because they are of a different religion that's another. The former is completly understandable. The latter, IMO, is superficial.

Lethal

Let me put it this way. Think of it as an emotional difference, rather than a spiritual difference. Meaning, to you, dating and marriage really should be an emotional connection, but for this person, dating and marriage is only a mental and physical connection. Now, if you can't get along because of your emotional differences, that's one thing. But would you refuse to date somebody that you *knew* right from the beginning would not be interested in sharing your emotional intensity in the relationship?

That's how it is for many people who have a strong spiritual investment in life. There's no spiritual meeting point, if the person doesn't share that with you, so why even begin a dating/marriage relationship if you'll never get out of it what you want?[/quote]

But that's my point. Unless you are give that person a chance you'll never know. What if you open up a part of them they never knew existed and they wanted to convert to your religion? What if they open up a part of you that you never knew existed and you converted? There have been a couple of times I've bailed out of possible relationships because I didn't agree w/the other persons spirituality (like you were saying). But I didn't bail because they were a different religion I bailed because we weren't compatible.

It's just my opinion that dismissing someone you don't even know just because they are a different religion than you seems superfical. Maybe sense I have a liberal view towards religion I make disctions that "traditionally" religious people wouldn't. It's kinda like I could never date a girl who is a bible thumper, but that's because she's a bible thumper not 'cause she is Chrisitan.


Lethal

 

[Hyperblaze]

My dad and mom are different religions. My sisters and I were raised up catholic, like my mom.

Dating and marring a non-catholic to me is something I never thought about. It has not occured.

But considering how my parents are, I know it works out for at least some people

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe
I'm not religous and wouldn't even consider anything serious with somebody who was.