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juniorv376

Atheists, would you marry a religious person?

I ask because I had this conversation with a friend of mine who is atheist. I am in a limbo between agnostic atheist and agnostic theist. However, I relate much better with atheist then theist. Although that is irrelevant.

Here is where I stand. I would marry because love does not discriminate. However, I would only ever deal with someone who is open to my belief and will not require me to through and circus shows to marry het. Ex: baptism, communion, church ect.

Of course children is another topic. As long as she is ok with the fact that I will not censor my belief. As I will not require her to censor hers. I will not force a view, and she won't either. When the child notices I don't do church and his/her mother does (probably taking the child with her) I will openly explain why I don't. And should the child ever decide not to go to church, then she must agree that its ok for the child to not choose her religion.

Obviously, I would require someone who isn't tied down by their religion and open minded to difference of ideas. And maybe a slim chance for it to occur. But, ultimately my answer is yes. Under certain conditions.

P.s. please excuse any errors in typing. This has been done from my phone.

TL;DR. Would you marry a religious person, if so what are the conditions?

Posted Dec 1, 2011, 7:03 AM UTC · edited

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