I don't understand why you would say this. I think if you looked, you'd find a lot of people who are atheists - especially in our region up here in GREEN NEW ENGLAND.

I also think that if you really find yourself having a hard time finding someone who shares your belief, you're EXTREMELY likely to find someone who just "doesn't care," or finds that "it doesn't matter."

I completely disagree with everything Alice said here. People can still believe in God and Christianity and follow his teachings without preaching their beliefs to others. Not everything set down in the Bible needs to be followed for someone to be a good Christian. It says, in the Old Testament, that sacrifices should be made. How many of you "good Christians" do this? I hope to hell none of you do. Times change. People change. No one wants beliefs pushed on them. Let them choose their own damn religion. Besides, some of the worst exploits in the history of the world involve evangelism.

I wouldn't care what religion my girl was really. I'm kinda agnostic myself. The problem comes when other religions act xenophobic towards every other belief on the planet.

Although I've said this multiple times in the past, I really don't care what religion a girl is. And no matter how stupid and contradictory it may seem to Alice, I just don't want the girl I'm dating to push religion in your face. To me, religion is a very personal thing, that everyone should take their own way. Don't just follow the masses because you think you're going to get a better place in heaven.

I beg to differ. A person actually abiding seriously to the teachings attributed to Jesus of Nazareth and the basic moral code from the Old Testament (read: the Ten Commandments) would qualify as a peaceful individual that wouldn't dream of harming anyone. Theocracies like Iran or the atrocities commited by the Catholic church for instance are more based on outright hypocricy than on any spiritual doctrine whatsoever.

You shalt not kill ... well ok, if you don't like your next man's face, you can make something up, deem it the Lord's will and slay away."

Hmm... yeah, well... that's impossible. I mean, getting everyone to be an ideal Christian. Also:
Why are there so many branches of christianism if they all believe in the same god? Everytime they disagree on something a new branch is born. It's such a convenient religion...
Why all of them think *they* are the right one? Wouldn't the *first* christianity be the right one? What's its name?
Are they planning on unifying as one church any day soon? Wouldn't THAT be something!

Now about the second part of your post:

What atrocities? The Crusades or the Inquisition? And I don't know what's hypocrite about Iran. I bet the Qu'ran allows death penalty against non-believers. See? In Iran you won't have trouble finding someone from your own religion! :D All the others are dead.

It doesn't you idiotic, fucking moron. That's why all this suicide bombing is so dumb. No where in the Koran does it say you'll get the 100 virgins (I think it is) if you kill as many non-believers as possible. That's a modern "interpretation" gone horribly wrong.

I wouldn't know, I don't have a Qur'an. That's why I said "I bet..." instead of "I'm sure...".

If that's just a wrong interpretation, why aren't there exploding zealots based on the Bible or other sacred texts? Yes, there have been crazy cults before... but nothing that inspires a "War on Terror"! :/

Well you lost the bet stupid, congratulations for offending approx. 1.5 billion people. As for the Bible and its respective faith: I'm sure a US president bent to the will of his country's christian right, who actually makes use of the word "crusade" in the 21st century and severely threatens world peace with an aggresive, war inciting policy is disturbing enough.


Btw, wasn't this about relationships? Slash didn't want this "which religion is worse?" thing, let's respect that, shall we?

For an atheist like me, it doesn’t matter. If she’s religious, whether she tries to make me convert or not is inconsequential. I’d be genuinely flattered if anyone cared enough to try, although experiences suggest to me that these are the sort of people who wouldn’t enter into a relationship with a non believer in the first place.

The value I place in the relationship in question would depend on what kind of compromise I’d be willing to make. If you’re with someone you love, you support them in their endeavours and accept them for what they are. That involves not undermining them either: for instance, it’s not my position to casually tell them her about the scandal her formal Sunday school teacher was involved in (local churches have plenty of politics and scandal, and word gets around in a small community).

Of course, if someone claims to be Christian and isn’t able to live up to “expectations” by being unable or unwilling to convert her partner, it doesn’t necessarily make her a bad person. If she doesn’t want to convert me, I’m prepared to view that as an acceptable form of compromise, not an inherent character flaw or misguided religious beliefs on her part. Simply, it boils down to, ‘If I can accept you, you can accept me’ and if you can’t, their’s a need to reevaluate the situation and decide whether we’d be better of not being together.

Religions:

Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%

Right. I'm sure the 1.4 million people in Iran who aren't Muslim all agree with you on that.

Ok. I didn't mean to let this slide off-topic.

I banned you for that. Carry on~

Good one ... had me scrambling for the ban rules right away. :doh:

Religion shouldn't be crucial in dating. Well as people respect each other's beliefs and don't end up bashing each other or start generalizing about religion because of a person.

Although it's kinda sad that it's really a major issue in contemporary context. I've actually seen people fallen in heavy disagreement because of religion. The reason also happens to be a variation within a particular religion (i.e. Protestant - Christian) rather than from religion to religion.