Can a Christian and an atheist have a successful relationship?
I'm talking about a romantic relationship and potentially marriage. There is a woman I am interested in who I think is a very good match with me but she is a christian and I am an atheist. Our morals and values seem to match up but the foundations are different. Is there any chance of it working out?
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See if it lasts six months. A lot will depend on how much the rest of your cultural backgrounds are alike and how much non-religious relationship content you can share. You will need to give her space to engage in her beliefs and she will need to avoid proselytizing. Trust me, it's very very difficult and, personally, I don't think I would ever want it again. Leave a few easy-to-read thoughtful books laying around: maybe she'll start reading all on her own. To answer question: always "a chance" but remember the adage that hope is the last thing to die in a person !!! Good luck!
KeironClark
Level 1
Nov 27, 2019
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As in all relationships, one of you will have to suck it up and keep quiet. Usually the atheist because the christian has more societal support.
PhoebeCat
Level 7
Nov 18, 2019
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This is true. I was married to a Catholic for 20 years. We had arguments about raising our children as Catholics which I left completely up to him. He took care of that until he died when they were teenagers.
Some of the arguments were entertaining as hell, but I would never marry another Catholic.
of course they can ... just requires respect for eaxh others opinions
ShadowAmicus
Level 8
Nov 18, 2019
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I am sure it is possible. We constantly make choices in life. Sometimes our choices may be a bit challenging; and we can either choose to be right, or choose to be be happy.
wonderandlisten
Level 6
Nov 18, 2019
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I was married to a christian for 14 yrs.... I was explicit that I had no interest in joining although I would talk about my views on the subject anytime.... we had a great life
until her death.....
blzjz
Level 7
Nov 18, 2019
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Same here, 20 years before I got stuck with the widowhood.
They can and they do. My paternal Grandparents fit that mold. She went to church every Sunday becoming a Christian when my grandfather and my father, her only child, both came back from WWII in one piece. My grandfather became a non-believer as a result of serving in WWI and WWII. WWI probably did the trick.
Sticks48
Level 9
Nov 18, 2019
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A Christian can be an atheist.
skado
Level 9
Nov 18, 2019
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not hardly.... being christian means belief in a god...basic tenent .... atheisism is the polar opposite... maybe a christian can BECOME an atheist ....
Lots of quite famous Christians have not held a belief in a literal god. God as metaphor has a well established history.
@blzjz
To you. And to all literalists; both believer and non. But not to many famous Christian leaders and theologians. There's a great history of Christian thought that is entirely metaphorical. The cross is a symbol of dying to our egoic or animal instincts, etc. How are you going to convince the world that Paul Tillich was not a Christian?
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