Atheist-Christian relationships

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I’m a little confused, because either one of my sister’s husband or another’s fiancee is not Catholic, yet they got/are getting married. How does that work?
 
CeaselessMedik said:
Wow. Starts with “B” and rhymes with “igot.”
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Why is he a bigot?

I think you’ll find many Catholics, and most on these forums, would hold the view that it’s probably s bad idea for a Catholic to marry/date an atheist. Or a Muslim or Hindu for that matter.
 
AdamPeter said:
Why is he a bigot?

I think you’ll find many Catholics, and most on these forums, would hold the view that it’s probably s bad idea for a Catholic to marry/date an atheist. Or a Muslim or Hindu for that matter.
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You’ll also find the resident atheist is very wary of the idea too. It’s not a judgement on anyone at all; some of the people I’m the closest to and who I love more than words can express are devoutly religious - mostly Protestants and Catholics. But I wouldn’t marry them and I’d tell them to think long and hard before marrying an atheist.

Building a life and a family with someone is an incredible, whimsical adventure. But, there are practical concerns too. Being on the same page in matters related to life, death, childrearing, education, etc is so important and makes the family so much more cohesive.
 
BlueEyedLady said:
You’ll also find the resident atheist is very wary of the idea too. It’s not a judgement on anyone at all; some of the people I’m the closest to and who I love more than words can express are devoutly religious - mostly Protestants and Catholics. But I wouldn’t marry them and I’d tell them to think long and hard before marrying an atheist.

Building a life and a family with someone is an incredible, whimsical adventure. But, there are practical concerns too. Being on the same page in matters related to life, death, childrearing, education, etc is so important and makes the family so much more cohesive.
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Exactly. It’s not that atheists are bad people.
It’s that marrying someone who holds an entirely different worldview from yours could be problematic.
 
Nah, I was miffed at his suggesting there may be no good atheist girls.
 
Respectfully, I was calling him rude. No argument called for, unless you mean I need to justify doing so. Do you disagree there are good atheists?
 
Padres1969 said:
Just because one is Catholic and the other Atheist doesn’t mean the relationship is bad however either.
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Yes. But it doesn’t bode well for the chances of children being raised in the faith and it creates an unnecessary obstacle in the marriage in terms of the difference between what the two spouses believe.

I think I would caution my children strongly against marrying or dating anyone who was not a practicing catholic who subscribed to church teaching.
 
AdamPeter said:
Yes. **But it doesn’t bode well for the chances of children being raised in the faith **and it creates an unnecessary obstacle in the marriage in terms of the difference between what the two spouses believe.

I think I would caution my children strongly against marrying or dating anyone who was not a practicing catholic who subscribed to church teaching.
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Depends on if the Atheist in the relationship is open to the idea of their kids being raised Catholic. Which is obviously something they’ll want to discuss. As for it creating an obstacle… it may not. Just because one is an atheist and the other Catholic doesn’t automatically they believe different things on most matters related to life, children, etc…
 
=CeaselessMedik;14741554]Respectfully, I was calling him rude. No argument called for, unless you mean I need to justify doing so.
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It’s been a long time since your date. Did it go well?
Do you disagree there are good atheists?
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I’ve defended the atheist and skeptic community plenty.

Also, being a good person isn’t enough for a relationship to work. I tell Catholics on here that ALL of the time-------just because a guy is a good Catholic doesn’t mean a certain woman is obligated to be with him.
 
ANV said:
That what matters, I would marry a real Christian which to me wouldn’t be a dogmatic or conservative, and one who shares my same core social and moral values.
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So basically you’d marry a Christian who isn’t committed to the teachings of the Church? There are certain areas where a Catholic can’t compromise. Perhaps you would call that dogmatic. I call it faithful.
 
Padres1969 said:
Depends on if the Atheist in the relationship is open to the idea of their kids being raised Catholic. Which is obviously something they’ll want to discuss. As for it creating an obstacle… it may not. Just because one is an atheist and the other Catholic doesn’t automatically they believe different things on most matters related to life, children, etc…
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They’d want to be a fairly catholic atheist to meet my criteria. 😃
 
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