Religion issues

[D-rock]

It's a complicated matter that can't be answered easily, and not just by a simple yes or no. There are so many different factors that might come about for each couple that there is no easy way to tell. What they each individually believe and how the religious person looks at and practices his religion will be a big part of it.

 

[Gordar]

I know that it is a sore point to my girlfriend that I don't believe. She tries to look past it. If something goes wrong though in her life, she thinks it is God's way of saying she is doing something wrong, and questions everything, even the relationship.

From this post I can only conclude you do not believe in me! For this I will eventually send you to hell, where BB will torture you with all his devious toys & his pitchfork... (if you like objects up your arse, please say so & I will not send you to hell.... It's supposed to be a punishment after all & not a reward!)

 

[Shadowfax 10]

I don't think it could work.

 

[ChefChiTown]

Anyone think a relationship can survive if one person does not believe in religion and their partner is VERY religious.

No. Most religious people value their religion over everything else in the world - even love. Which, is pretty fucked up if you think about it. Most religions do nothing but preach about how important love is, yet, those same religions have rules when it comes to love - who you can love, what religion they have to be, arranged marriages, etc. Just another hypocritical and ironic part of religion.

 

[sporty_carr]

Unless one of you change their beliefs.......no.

 

[georges]

no.

 

[aplayaboy]

I find the wording of the question a bit amusing, as if a "man of science" and a religious person are mutually exclusive to one another . I'm assuming you meant atheist.

This question is too vague to give a proper response. The answer is yes. Sure, it could happen. It has and probably will continue to occur. It seems that people, in general, have a hard time staying "in love," regardless of what their beliefs are. I've seen stranger things happen than two people with different beliefs falling and staying in love. It's more dependent on the individuals themselves than anything else.

 

[mrtrebus]

God is a 'man' of science, he was working in the lab late one night. . .

 

[skechers]

Are we talking fanatics? Is either party taking their own personal beliefs just a bit too seriously? Always trying to convert the other? Always making it a big deal, or shooting down what the other one says about the matter?

That would be a problem.

But if we're talking about two different, relatively rational people... then yes. I can attest to it.

 

[Smallville417]

No. Most religious people value their religion over everything else in the world - even love. Which, is pretty fucked up if you think about it. Most religions do nothing but preach about how important love is, yet, those same religions have rules when it comes to love - who you can love, what religion they have to be, arranged marriages, etc. Just another hypocritical and ironic part of religion.

I would say that my girlfriend fits your opening statement. She says that she cannot think about what she wants, it has to be what God wants.

She reassures me that I have nothing to worry about when it comes to our relationship, that some of what she says comes from the stress of what is going on around her. I have to say she makes me very nervous at times. 98% of the time everything is great, it's the 2% that scares me.

She is a great girl, and treats me very well. She just reminds me that God comes before everything else.

 

[Smallville417]

I find the wording of the question a bit amusing, as if a "man of science" and a religious person are mutually exclusive to one another . I'm assuming you meant atheist.

This question is too vague to give a proper response. The answer is yes. Sure, it could happen. It has and probably will continue to occur. It seems that people, in general, have a hard time staying "in love," regardless of what their beliefs are. I've seen stranger things happen than two people with different beliefs falling and staying in love. It's more dependent on the individuals themselves than anything else.

I believe in what can be proved, or at the very least, some very compelling evidence, rather than blind faith. I'm not going to say there is not a higher power out there, just nothing like God as he is described in the Bible.

 

[lurkingdirk]

She just reminds me that God comes before everything else.

If you believe that God exists, and that God is in control of all things, and that God is the creator and savior of all, I would say it should be the case that God comes before everything else.

If you're going to believe these things, it necessarily has an impact on your life.

I'm not arguing for or against here, I'm just saying that if you believe in something that big, you better make it a priority, because if you believe it and don't do a thing about it, that's problematic.

 

[lurkingdirk]

and by the way, the tied poll is quite exciting.