Is it harder to talk to women about philosophy and religion?

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Okay, you may not want to make your very first CAF post be “why women are just the worst amiright?”

But hey. You do you, boo
 
I can if one parent supports the lifestyle and the other does not, as it likely would have in this case before OP gave us his and his girlfriend’s age.
 
Juansavage said:
I don’t push my faith, but when the topic comes up, I contribute. It seems that when non-Catholic women encounter an argument for Christianity they react very emotionally and negatively no matter how gently and reasonably delivered.

Your experience?
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If somebody is aggressive with you, you should not engage in a conversation.
 
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blackforest said:
Does it have to? Being gay is not a sin.
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It takes either a great level of selflessness or apathy for this to not be a problem. There are few circumstances where attraction alone is being discussed.
 
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Well, my standard is that the person has to not be materialist or atheist (simply because they’re either nihilistic and thus reasonable or not and unreasonable.). She met those standards. I might be a little arrogant thinking she’d see the light and convert.
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It would be wise (and I say this as someone married to a non-Catholic) to require at the minimum that your wife have a very respectful attitude towards your faith and a very supportive attitude towards seeing her children raised in it, which the woman you are describing most definitely does not have.

Don’t settle for someone who doesn’t respect what is most important to you. Either be Catholic or else marry her but please do not try to do both.
 
No its hard to talk to a person who has a different philosophy and practices a different religion - its not exclusive to women it can be anyone.
 
I would say talk about something your girlfriend is interested in and find out if she can see when two opposing ideas cannot both be correct.
 
on_the_hill said:
Women aren’t cerebrally equipped for the more scholarly pursuits. They just don’t understand.
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Emmy Noether was a brilliant mathematician who made incredible contributions to mathematics and theoretical physics. Do you understand the importance and the meaning of the theorem named after her - Noether’s theorem?
Or, do you just not understand?
Maria Agnesi
Sophie Germain
Sofia Kovalevskaya
and many, many more:



 
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redbetta said:
Boy, if you think this is bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

This is a civil thread for such a politically incorrect question.
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I wonder why. I think advertisers modify based on demographics. Why not this?

By the way, I’m not asserting anything. I just wonder if I’m right to make a distinction.
 
I think it would be wise to narrow your search for a life partner to Catholic women. Christ is our rock.

Matthew 7:24-27 English Standard Version (ESV)

Build Your House on the Rock​

24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
 
Juansavage said:
She grew up in the Soviet Union and we live in Northern California which is pretty similar.
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Hi. Despite the facade opposition to religion in the Soviet block, due to some compromises the Russian Patriarch of that time did, being a Christian was not actually forbidden in the Communist block. It just meant you get a thumb down on your CV and certain positions within the system were off limits to you.
But if someone bothered you could get to church on Sundays, ignore all that might be spying on you and worship God.
Communism has been over in Russia for over 3 decades. How old is your gf may I ask? If she is old enough than she was objected to the anti-religious propaganda. But if she in her 20s her “I was in USSR so I don’t believe” sounds like self-excuse to me.
After 1989 the Russian Church started printing many books and icons and built churches and all that. I don’t excuse their compromise before, with the Komintern, in order to survive. The red Patriarchs of all the Communist block, are…well…red… as in compromised. But they did offer the option of practice of those who are interested. It wasn’t like one couldn’t find a Bible if one wanted one, or that all churches were closed. It was just being religious came with a price, like in the beginning of Christianity.
But isn’t this also valid in every day life as well?
 
Mary888 said:
Despite the facade opposition to religion in the Soviet block, due to some compromises the Russian Patriarch of that time did, being a Christian was not actually forbidden in the Communist block.
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That is certainly an opinion, but one that can not be easily defended. The Soviets incarcerated, or murdered most of the clergy. Vast majority of the churches were destroyed. (I had the opportunity to visit one in St. Petersburg that was converted into a factory). The grand cathedral in the center of Moscow was razed and an outdoor ice rink took its place.
The problem became acute after Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, and Stalin had to scramble to find enough clergy to rally the people in support of the war effort. He barely made it.
“Thumbs down on your CV” meant no job and no educational opportunities for you and your children. There were some some underground churches in operation but most people were too terrified to even consider going to church.
 
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Juansavage said:
I don’t push my faith, but when the topic comes up, I contribute. It seems that when non-Catholic women encounter an argument for Christianity they react very emotionally and negatively no matter how gently and reasonably delivered.

Your experience?
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Yes, but i don’t know if that is a universal truth. Then again in popular philosophical circles it would seem that there are not a great many women who are respected philosophers, even less that are theist. I would like to be enlightened on the matter.

Then again the bible says that it was a women who deceived Adam and caused the human race to fall. In a society where there is a push against sexism it would not surprise me if a great many women rejected Christianity for the apparent sexist attitude of the bible.
 
Juansavage said:
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redbetta:
If I may ask, why are you dating her if your beliefs clash like that?
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Well, my standard is that the person has to not be materialist or atheist (simply because they’re either nihilistic and thus reasonable or not and unreasonable.). She met those standards. I might be a little arrogant thinking she’d see the light and convert.
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Satan also meets your standards. I’m just sayin. I don’t make the comparison that your honey is like Satan, but I do think you have every right to throw some more qualifications in.
 
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It seems that when non-Catholic women encounter an argument for Christianity they react very emotionally and negatively no matter how gently and reasonably delivered.

Your experience?
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Our perceptions don’t always reflect reality. My hunch is that it is not women that are the issue here. The real question is how much self-awareness do you actually possess?
 
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