Is religion or lack of important in dating.

[Zuben]

My dating partner can be religious as long as it doesn't get annoying or in the way.

[shadowmouse]

I've dated across the range.

Fiancee 2.1 is a moderate Chinese Buddhist and burns incense to Guan Yin each morning; she'll eat seafood in moderation but generally avoids meat, and she makes sure to cook meat dishes for me even if she isn't going to have any. She is aware that I'm agnostic, but for important events she'll ask me to go to a temple with her -- I chalk it up as experiencing a different culture and go along.

Women who are more hard line about their religion tend to avoid dating me since I'm agnostic; the women who do date me are similar to 2.1 in being willing to split the difference.

[Independent voter]

It depends on what level of religious.

[Ahovv]

I would never date anyone who is so gullible to still believe in a god.

[Aggrophobic]

I would find it really hard to date someone who belived in imaginary friends.

[Stelio Kontos]

See what I mean about how hard it'd be to date certain kinds of atheists? Namely the angry internet angstheist strain?

[Lochton]

Is religion or lack of important in dating?

Which religion would you be willing to date?

Rather no religion in dating at all, for the safest part of living.

[Lex Icon]

doubt i could be with anyone who's religious.. at some point it would most likely become an issue.

[Crackleslap]

I'd never date anyone religious.

[Deleted]

Noone too extreme,or someon from dat religion we can't speak ill of

Scientology ?

[Yunru]

Why Satanism is not a option here?

[LoLcano]

Any religion as long as they are open minded and NOT fanatic .

[Strawberry]

I've dated across the range.

Fiancee 2.1 is a moderate Chinese Buddhist and burns incense to Guan Yin each morning; she'll eat seafood in moderation but generally avoids meat, and she makes sure to cook meat dishes for me even if she isn't going to have any. She is aware that I'm agnostic, but for important events she'll ask me to go to a temple with her -- I chalk it up as experiencing a different culture and go along.

Women who are more hard line about their religion tend to avoid dating me since I'm agnostic; the women who do date me are similar to 2.1 in being willing to split the difference.

Hey Bungee, been some time
I talked to a Chinese girl who was quite religious. Funny thing is she was Christian Protestant. I never met a Christian Chinese person, especially not one living in China.
So I asked her what does she think Jesus looks like, as according to the Bible, he was white and also I don't recall any Asian (or other race) being mentioned in the Bible. She said that question is hard and she doesn't know

Back on topic,
I prefer to date atheists as I'm an atheist myself. But I don't mind dating a lightly religious person. Not the one who pray before each meal, go to church, hang up pictures of Jesus in the room or say that Jesus comes first (the main beef I had with African girls, they are hot, but damn their religion goes on my nerves).
Those 4 things are a huge turnoff in my book. But if she's lightly religious, as in believe in a higher power without practicing religion, I don't have a problem with that.

[Gaidax]

It's not as long as the one party is not trying to push his/her bullshit on other, this also includes Atheism btw.

I know a married couple where the guy is religious and the girl is not and they do just fine, she does follow some several basic rules (which do not involve wearing burqas or shit like that, pretty much food type for him only) and he does not push his BS on her or the children.

I am atheist.

[Aeula]

Atheists, Pagans and non-obsessive Christians.

As a non-believer myself.

[Rennadrel]

All religions should be illegal, they are nothing more than archaic, irrelevant and often regressive ideologies that have no place in a progressive society.

[Deleted]

All religions should be illegal, they are nothing more than archaic, irrelevant and often regressive ideologies that have no place in a progressive society.

So progressive means authoritarian, yes?
Sign me the fuck up for some religious rebellion against the authoritarian crap we fought against and almost nuked a country over.

On topic, I will date agnostics and christians as those are the people who share my societal values. Religion is a very personal thing and some people can and should be offended should their partner not partake in the ceremonies and rituals of a given religion.
Atheism for most people is just agnosticism. Self-proclaimed atheists who wish to tear down religion doesn't get my respect, I think it's very egoistic and heartless.

[OrcsRLame]

Why Satanism is not a option here?

Fyi, Satanism isn't real. I mean, there's probably a few people out there that actually worship Satan, but mainstream Satanism is a political activist movement framed as a satire of Christianity. The idea is, if Christians put up a religious statue in a public place, the Satanists will petition the local government to take it down. If the local government refuses, the Satanists will put up a statue to Baphomet right next to it. This puts both the local government and the Christians in a tough spot. If the loca government takes the statue down, then the Satanists can claim that they're violating the separation of church and state by privileging one religion over another. If both statues stay up, well, the Christians will think twice before trying to force their religion on the public. That's the idea anyway.

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All religions should be illegal, they are nothing more than archaic, irrelevant and often regressive ideologies that have no place in a progressive society.

You should read, or listen to, Sam Harris's The End of Faith.



I bring this up, because you're committing one of the reasoning errors he addresses in his book. You are replacing one dogma for another. The problem is not religion, the problem is dogma and the refusal to be reasonable. You do not counter unreasonableness with more unreasonableness. Dogmatic anti-religiosity is just a religion without a god.

[Deleted]

Regardless of this thread being about religion or not initially - the discussion at its core is very close to discussing religion, and some people have shown that they can't abstain from jumping the opportunity to bash religion.

Closing this.