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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
 Posted - 04/10/2002 : 23:22:50
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Poll Question:
Do you have a romantic relationship with somebody whose beliefs are radically different from your own? </P><P>p.s. Wolfgang_faust presented this idea for a poll</P><P>p.p.s. I had initially posted this earlier today, but I hosed it up while trying to edit it, so I apologize to those whose posts and votes were lost.
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2002 : 23:25:26 [Permalink]
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OK, I give up. I first tried to edit this darn thing to make it a little more clear. When I submitted my changes, it modified the entire topic and dumped all the replys. This time, I tried twice to get those darn P's out of the post (they should be blank lines), but it is just not working. Oy.
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ronnywhite
SFN Regular
501 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 00:21:48 [Permalink]
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Yes, I'm an atheist and she's a Christian, but it's not a big deal. She rarely mentions religion, but someone who endlessly quoted scripture (and that kind of thing) would probably get on my nerves. For whatever reasons, we both find it easy to be tolerant of those we don't agree with (until it effects us directly) and neither of us care too much about convincing others of our viewpoints.
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
2511 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 00:39:50 [Permalink]
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quote:
Do you have a romantic relationship with somebody whose beliefs are radically different from your own? </P><P>p.s. Wolfgang_faust presented this idea for a poll</P><P>p.p.s. I had initially posted this earlier today, but I hosed it up while trying to edit it, so I apologize to those whose posts and votes were lost.
-me.
Boron,
1st of all, sorry about your PP. Potato chips might help.
I voted 'None of you business', not so much because I care if anyone knows about who I'm with but that there weren't any other choices to fit other situations.
BTW, I hate that term 'Significant Others', it sounds so lame. Not your fault, I'm sure. I introduce Dennis as my room mate or friend or business partner. Legaly I guess you could say spouse but OH YUK do I hate the idea of having a relationship like that with someone.
I just think we are all separate and don't belong to or have to answer to anyone. What we do as individuals is our own business and who ever we have a friendship with can take it or leave it, other wise why would you be friends with them?
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Jesus
New Member
USA
34 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 08:05:00 [Permalink]
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Hi all This is my first post .I picked this subject because I get so pissed at the closed mindedness of my wife.I am Athiest and very open about it .I show her facts disproving the bible,she does not hear me ,My four year old is attending a christian pre K and it eats me up .I hope to send her to public school in the fall .The other day I sneezed, my daughter said god bless you ,I said no thank you ,she said what do I say to you Daddy? I said good luck .My wife overheard this and flipped ,she accused me of brain washing !! I'm brain washing ?I told my daughter to say good luck to everyone so to not make them feel different
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Bradley
Skeptic Friend
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 09:26:56 [Permalink]
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The love of my life is an Atheist like myself. I don't cultivate associations with non-Atheists, so I would certainly never have an intimate relationship with one.
"Too much doubt is better than too much credulity."
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James
SFN Regular
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 10:06:20 [Permalink]
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quote:
Hi all This is my first post.
Hello. Welcome. 
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I picked this subject because I get so pissed at the closed mindedness of my wife. I am Athiest and very open about it. I show her facts disproving the bible, she does not hear me.
Love is a strange thing...
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My four year old is attending a christian pre K and it eats me up. I hope to send her to public school in the fall. The other day I sneezed, my daughter said god bless you, I said no thank you, she said what do I say to you Daddy? I said good luck. My wife overheard this and flipped, she accused me of brain washing!! I'm brain washing? I told my daughter to say good luck to everyone so to not make them feel different.
AFA you daughter is concerned, teach her to say gesundheit instead of god bless you. It means the same in thing in German, but given how people are nowadays, I prefer it because hardly anyone knows what it is. Also, even though it may be eating you up inside, for now, let your daughter decide what she wants when she grows up. In the mean time, just kinda keep it a thing between the two of you. It'll keep your wife happy and that way, you can influence her your own way.
IMO, send your daughter to public school. Best way she'll learn that people are different. Among other things.
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Two more years...Two more years...Two more years...Two more years...Two more years...
*whine*
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Tim
SFN Regular
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 13:29:13 [Permalink]
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I am happily married to a wonderful woman who was Catholic and is now a Catholic Unitarian. She is on her spiritual journey, which basically means she is disillusioned with Christianity, but is not ready to give up her faith. It is not an easy task to change your system of interpreting the world.</P><P> <BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face=
"The Constitution ..., is a marvelous document for self-government by Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society." P. Robertson |
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Tim
SFN Regular
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 13:37:35 [Permalink]
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Wow, something didn't work in that last post. Any way, I'll try to finish. </P><P><BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face=
"The Constitution ..., is a marvelous document for self-government by Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society." P. Robertson |
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Tim
SFN Regular
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 13:45:09 [Permalink]
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One more time--No quotes....</P><P>Jesus, perhaps you should concentrate on teaching your daughter how to think, rather than what to think. Teaching how science works with subjects like cryptozoology, UFO's, psychics, and even religions other than Christianity may help your daughter think more skeptically, without directly contradicting your wife's beliefs. Either way, your situation must be very stressfull to your relationship, and I wish you all the best.
"The Constitution ..., is a marvelous document for self-government by Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society." P. Robertson |
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Jesus
New Member
USA
34 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 14:40:06 [Permalink]
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Hey Tim I do teach here to use her brain and use logic and reason .I get frustrated when i'm accussed of brain washing ,when all I ever do is point out that not everyone beleives in the god of christianty (that 3 headed thing) and that most people never even questian there preists.
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PhDreamer
SFN Regular
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 17:08:00 [Permalink]
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AFA you daughter is concerned, teach her to say gesundheit instead of god bless you. It means the same in thing in German, but given how people are nowadays, I prefer it because hardly anyone knows what it is.
Also, Jesus, you might consider having your daughter say, "salud." It means "to your health" in Spanish. That's about as non-offensive as politeness gets.
And welcome.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.
-Niels Bohr
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DVF
Skeptic Friend
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 18:37:38 [Permalink]
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My ex wife, "The Harpy", as we usually refer to her, is a neopaga-wiccan-psycho-celtic-shamanidiot. Or some such nonsense.
"Know what, if you were in a building, and it was on fire, I'd rescue you."
- My Son 3/5/2002 |
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PhDreamer
SFN Regular
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 18:50:38 [Permalink]
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My ex wife, "The Harpy", as we usually refer to her, is a neopaga-wiccan-psycho-celtic-shamanidiot. Or some such nonsense.
Let's see; so that means she can summon Cthulu with a mental spell while playing basketball in Boston?
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.
-Niels Bohr
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Omega
Skeptic Friend
Denmark
164 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 19:00:40 [Permalink]
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I couldn't vote, because I'm not entirely certain what's meant by “radically different”. My significant other is an atheist like myself, but we can have many a debate over other subjects. Such as ufos and aliens to a point where it becomes Scully and Mulder in the first seasons of the X-files.
“Prosit” is the Danish version of “Bless you”. And it means absolutely nothing today, but was once, I think, a kind of protection spell-word.
Jesus> Maybe you and your wife should sit down one day, and discuss what brain-washing really is? Go over your daughters right to chose freely if and what she should believe in?
"All it takes to fly is to fling yourself at the ground... and miss."
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Physiofly
Skeptic Friend
USA
90 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2002 : 21:34:14 [Permalink]
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It was a toss-up between option 1 and 3. I'm married at the moment but my Catholic wife has decided that she doesn't want to be married to an atheist anymore - it is the main reason she wants a divorce. She knew I was an atheist when we were married, and she said my beliefs didn't bother her at the time, but about 18 months ago (we've been married 13 years) she hit some funky mid-life revival crisis. I actually tried going to church to save our marriage but I just couldn't take it. It didn't help my telling her I thought some of the aspects of the worship service had cultish overtones - whoooeeee, that really pissed her off!
"Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a
deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions." - Niccolo Machiavelli
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