Out of curiousity... What is your religious belief about dating someone that is not religious?

I don't think there is anything wrong with it. The only thing is that a good relationship is usually founded strongly on having similar interests and values. It is possible for someone to have different religious beliefs than you and still share the same values, but it is difficult. Basically, it comes down to this: do your similarities outweigh your differences? That said, there is often only one way to find out. Try it and see.

That might depend on what religion you are. If you're a Christian, then you should take Paul's advice and not marry or even date a non-Christian. If you do, you will be going in two very different directions in life and it will cause a lot of unnecessary heartache for both of you. The decision of who to marry should be given to God, and you should not even enter into a dating relationship unless you feel strongly that God has his hand in it. How can you know for sure that he does? Well, how close are you to God? Do you talk to him regularly? Is your idea of who he is based on the Bible and not your own imagination? Are you sure you're saved (have you accepted Christ as savior and repented, or turned away from, ALL sin)? Could the person you're interested in answer "yes" to all these questions?

I'm not religious but when I married my husband he held to a lot of Christian beliefs. I allowed him the space to follow what feels good and right to him. I think everyone should be open to letting others (especially those in their lives) believe and live as they choose without being judged.

Love & Light

Sharon

One Planet = One People

At 1st I didn't care.....

then I started to care a little

then I started to care alot

and now I just have to have the same things

in common about it, and there is just too much

of a communication barrier if you don't, the way

you handle your problems etc... in prayer and

just the whole way you handle your life/reactions/

other people... it all has to have God at the forefront of it.

Ya can't say Jesus take the wheel and let it in his hands

if someone else is saying what are you nuts? Gimme that thing! LOL

good luck.

unless the non-religous person plans to convert, this relationship is not going to go far. The religious family will look down on the non religoius person, and there will be many arguments. If it does go far, and children are involved, it will be 10 times worse.

unless both parties can accept eachother the way they are 100 percent, it wont last long.

I think its definitely possible. Reading all of these answers made me wonder who it would be more difficult for in the relationship: the person with belief or the person without it. Maybe it would just be fine for everyone. The biggest issue is whether or not it works for you in your relationship. If you have strong convictions about this kind of thing, you have to be honest about them with yourself and your partner, or you might have problems later. Then again it is always possible to change your mind.

There is nothing in my religion that says I can't date somebody who doesn't adhere to any religion (let alone is religious but not of my religion). In fact, I'd probably get along better with somebody who wasn't religious, than somebody who WAS religious yet not of my religion.

I prefer dating someone who is NOT religious .

This shows me that person is a free thinker and not easily led into believing what is not real .

Whether it be Atheism or just plain rejection of most of the unbelievable tales in the Bible, Koran or other fantasies.

I've pretty much given up dating religious people altogether. I just need to be able to respect the other person - in every way. And holding irrational beliefs and superstitions does not garner my respect.

Well, my superstitions (sorry; religion) tells me what to eat, drink and do. We got this big-@$$ book from a billion years ago with a bunch of bigoted, homophobic stuff in it; it's awesome. You should get a religion like that, so then you don't have to worry about what you think or would like to do. You just have to look in the book and it tells you. Become a complete zombie (sorry again; christian) like me.