| 3/10/2008 8:31:21 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
lost_in_albany
Albany, GA
age: 34
| Would you date someone who was not of the same religion as you? I'm wonderin if maybe I should change my profile so that my faith wouldn't be an issue until after Mrs. Right got to know me. What do you think?
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| 3/10/2008 8:32:55 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
gonesailingbabe
Des Moines, IA
age: 45
| I probably would not date anyone who didn't entirely understand my faith.
But - I do not think for one moment you should alter your profile to "capture" someone's interest. Faith should not be a changeable force in your life.
It's like having children - do you? yes or No.
Married? yes or no.
There's no gray areas there.
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| 3/10/2008 8:38:49 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
curious70000
Wyandotte, MI
age: 46
| I would never date outside my faith, and i'd be careful about dating those who are of the same faith, but of certain denominations, there's about as many denominations of the christian faith as there are brands of cigerettes, lol, even within one's own denomination things can get sticky.
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| 3/10/2008 8:43:04 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
unc005
Seagrove, NC
age: 25 online now!
| I sure would.
I was raised Methodist, as my mom was raised Baptist (so was my dad, I think?), and due to my mom's VERY strict upbringing, she swore that my sibs and I would NOT be raised in that type of "upbringing". So...we were raised in a Methodist church..about 2 miles or so from her homeplace (I have cousins that attend there, so it wasn't an "issue" or whatnot...).
My dad died 4 yrs. ago (it'll be 5 yrs. since...Oct. 3 of this year...) and when he died, my faith "went out the window". I have yet to "regain it", and even then I was never a "deeply" religious person. I believe in Heaven/Hell, the Bible, God, Jesus, the Ten Commandments, angels...you get the idea..
I consider myself "more spiritual than religious". I have been asking myself (and others..i.e. friends) if my not going to church doesn't make me a Christian...most say a person can STILL be a Christian even if they do NOT go to church.
I don't feel comfortable going to one, nor do I feel comfortable discussing religion (per se)...
I just...well.. .
I would date (or marry) someone regardless of their religion--aside from (ducks), *maybe*, an Islamic. That whole "Allah" thing...nuh uh. I just couldn't do it..and yeah, that *probably* stems from the whole 9/11 "thing", and so forth...you know..
Oh, and I would mention one religion I couldn't be a part of..but..I'd surely get some "flack" for that, so...I'll just keep my mouth shut..(LOL).
Good luck, and it's your decision--a very respectable one, at that.
unc  
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| 3/10/2008 8:46:58 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
lost_in_albany
Albany, GA
age: 34
| There was this one that really struck my fancy and I wrote to her. Later, when I saw that she had visited my profile, I noticed that she had not writen me back. Also, I found that she had deleted my emails to her. I am in the deep south and was wondering if any of ya'll thought that my faith might have a little something to do with that.
Toda, Different. Do you speak a little Hebrew?
[Edited 3/10/2008 8:48:13 AM]
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| 3/10/2008 8:51:35 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
gonesailingbabe
Des Moines, IA
age: 45
| My advice would be not to form assumptions or make guesses about her reasons.
Her reasons are her reasons.
Move on and don't assume they had anything to do with you.
That's narcisstic.
You are not the center of the universe except in your own world....
It probably had nothing to do with you at all...
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| 3/10/2008 8:54:16 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
metu
Mansfield, TX
age: 46
| I recently moved from the Atlanta area.......about a year ago I was dating a Jewish man...the relationship was progressing nicely...I respected his faith, he respected my lack of it...eventually he told me that it wouldn't work out because of his religion... said our relationship would not bode well with his parents & his 18yr old daughter. I still think it was an excuse...he didn't particularly care for my "Monogamy Rule"......
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| 3/10/2008 8:54:32 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
curious70000
Wyandotte, MI
age: 46
| Albany, not sure why she didn't respond, personally i don't respond to those who do not live within a couple hundred miles of me, or other things,like has children living with them, don't smoke, are too healthy, different reasons, or faith too, if i see certain denominations i don't reply. She might not have replied soley on the fact that you live to far away, i don't get why so many on here wonder why if someone looks at your profile one is suppossed to e-mail said person? Just don't get that, we got some real touchy peeps around here, it's the dang internet, i don 't get this emotional turmoil i see on so many threads?
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| 3/10/2008 9:06:42 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
lost_in_albany
Albany, GA
age: 34
| I admit it could be for any number of reasons but, it just seemed kind of spooky to me. I don't know if it was the distance though, it was less than twenty miles. Maybe she saw my profile picuture and is still running in terror! LOL!
"Meshuggenehs abound...but you know that"
True that, Meshuggenahs, putzes, kvetches, yentas, shiksas, you name it!
(Actually, I would't have a problem with a shiksa tzadke).
[Edited 3/10/2008 9:07:51 AM]
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| 3/10/2008 9:10:38 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
unc005
Seagrove, NC
age: 25 online now!
| Hey different, I value pretty much *everyone*'s opinion(s) here and so forth, and like it's said--"Opinions are like assholes..everyone has one."
You can believe what you want, and I'll believe what *I* want, and so forth. And I'll value your opinion, but I won't pass judgment on it, so I would appreciate it if you wouldn't pass judgment on mine...
Hey metu ( ). Are you originally from the south, or were you just in Atlanta for some reason or another? Just wondering, due to your reply.
unc
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| 3/10/2008 9:13:25 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
metu
Mansfield, TX
age: 46
| Born & bred Southern Girl who has no issue with other people's faiths as long as they don't try to cram it down my throat.
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| 3/10/2008 9:24:41 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
lost_in_albany
Albany, GA
age: 34
| "Born & bred Southern Girl"
I knew I liked her for some reason. Now watch me make her home sick! Corn bread, fried chicken, potato salad, barbecue, warm summer nights, deep fried turkey...need I say more?
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| 3/10/2008 9:33:47 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
unc005
Seagrove, NC
age: 25 online now!
| Awesome! That's just very  . I agree with you--fine with pretty much all relgions, as long as they don't try and preach to me, and/or shove it down my friggin' throat. There's one that I have known (i.e. neighbors for 11 years before I moved where I live now..), that has done that...
They STILL come to visit ever-so-often here and I will, of course, let them "do their thing" (i.e. talk, hand me their pamphlet(s)/magazine(s), even refer to their Bible, etc.), and then let them be on their merry way. I also have some cousins who are of this denomination, and also a coworker of my mom's who JUST so happens to know the "former neighbors" (i.e. they attend the same "religious gathering place" (LOL)).
It's fine though..as long as everyone's happy...ya know?
And "glad" to see another fellow Southerner who says that they are also "born and bred" (  )! I do, as well...not many fellow Southerners say that, ya know?
Good way to let others know that we're damn proud of our Southern roots   ! Oh yeah!
Take care
unc
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| 3/10/2008 9:35:10 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
unc005
Seagrove, NC
age: 25 online now!
| Hey lost. That is meannnnnnnnn! DON'T torture metu like that! You're cruel!
unc
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| 3/10/2008 9:40:11 AM | Would you date outside your faith? | |
garravesh
New Harmony, UT
age: 36
| As long as there is Christianity..It is doable....so many different types.....I would say sharing everything in life is essential as well as religion. I have knwon so many women who went to church and were married and their husbands never went due to different or lack of religion..they were quite sad.....
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