Atheist

[cheesewiz]

First of all Im not a Catholic. Im a Protestant. Me personally I don't believe in religion bec religion won't make you a better person or better husband/wife. To filipinos here saying that they don't see any problem their partner doesn't believe in GOD (yes, bec you chose them to be your partner despite of your different belief bec they said filipinos are good in learning to adapt). How about your children one day saying to you Mum I don't believe in GOD bec there no such thing as GOD. hope you can still adapt.

Me who has a strong belief in the existence of GOD I can't imagine myself living with someone who doesn't share the same belief as I am bec I know I will never be happy. I don't want to live my life with guilt conscience sharing my life with different faith as I am.

To all the filipinos here I really adore your stand about it. I hope and pray that GOD will guide you and give you strength to carry on. Pagpalain nawa kayo

To all Brits here I hope you don't get me wrong on this topic. I do respect your stand on this issue I know this is a no-win situation. I respect everyone's beliefs

Peace everyone.

[joebloggs]

How about your children one day saying to you Mum I don't believe in GOD bec there no such thing as GOD. hope you can still adapt.

Me who has a strong belief in the existence of GOD I can't imagine myself living with someone who doesn't share the same belief as I am bec I know I will never be happy. I don't want to live my life with guilt conscience sharing my life with different faith as I am.

if my kids said that, it would not bother me one bit, i'll let them find their own way.. i don't think you should force your religion on your kids.

me and the misses don't have a problem, because i still have morals that i live by, maybe more so than many church-goers, and having a 'faith' would not make me a better person than i am already.

so i respect your faith, but in my eyes, your no worse or better person than me because of it, i just don't like seeing it forced on kids .

as my misses told me today, 'when you become catholic, your one for life' or

and peace to you

[LEAHnew]

Me who has a strong belief in the existence of GOD I can't imagine myself living with someone who doesn't share the same belief as I am bec I know I will never be happy. I don't want to live my life with guilt conscience sharing my life with different faith as I am.

You'll never know until you get there

Peace

[cheesewiz]

You'll never know until you get there

Peace

I will never get there

[aposhark]

Me who has a strong belief in the existence of GOD I can't imagine myself living with someone who doesn't share the same belief as I am bec I know I will never be happy. I don't want to live my life with guilt conscience sharing my life with different faith as I am.

To all the filipinos here I really adore your stand about it. I hope and pray that GOD will guide you and give you strength to carry on. Pagpalain nawa kayo

Peace everyone.

Please don't quote "Peace everyone" when you have inflexibility in your attitude to other people.
You appear to be intolerant of other peoples' beliefs.
This is such a lack of respect for others.
This is one of the main reasons that the majority of people in the UK have turned away from religion.

Peace: "freedom from conflict or disagreement among people or groups of people"

In your first post you wrote:
" I don't condemed people being Atheist"
then you wrote:
"I can't imagine myself living with someone who doesn't share the same belief as I am"

Now, how do you equate those two comments?

[PeterB]

In your first post you wrote:
" I don't condemed people being Atheist"
then you wrote:
"I can't imagine myself living with someone who doesn't share the same belief as I am"

Now, how do you equate those two comments?

You're suggesting that by not living with them, Cheezewhiz is condemning the athiests?

As I see it, everyone is free to adopt their own beliefs (or non-beliefs), but I would not choose to marry someone whose beliefs were not similar to my own.

[joebloggs]

You're suggesting that by not living with them, Cheezewhiz is condemning the athiests?

As I see it, everyone is free to adopt their own beliefs (or non-beliefs), but I would not choose to marry someone whose beliefs were not similar to my own.

true ,

but i have problems understanding what other peoples beliefs are

beliefs similar to yours, which are ? there is one god ?, because of that you wouldn't marry someone, more to life and a person than that

[aromulus]

Religion, or lack of belief should not be used as an excuse to lead a miserable life.

Some of us choose to believe in something, some others don't.
It is matter of choice really, and letting religion come in between relationships or friendships, will obviously cause a lot of aggro.

If we respect each other's views, and refrain from trying to convert our partners, life will be much easier for everyone concerned.

It is of very little value to state not to marry someone just because he/she has different beliefs from your own.
It is love for the person that counts.

Does this make any sense to anyone...????

[joebloggs]

it does dom

i didn't and still don't have a problem marrying a catholic, to me that's just a small part of the misses, even thou it might be a major thing to her.

just as being a veggie is a major part of my life, but means nothing to the misses

give and take, it's what life is all about

[aposhark]

Religion, or lack of belief should not be used as an excuse to lead a miserable life.

Some of us choose to believe in something, some others don't.
It is matter of choice really, and letting religion come in between relationships or friendships, will obviously cause a lot of aggro.

If we respect each other's views, and refrain from trying to convert our partners, life will be much easier for everyone concerned.

It is of very little value to state not to marry someone just because he/she has different beliefs from your own.
It is love for the person that counts.

Does this make any sense to anyone...????

We think the same, Dom.
I love my wife for who she is.
If she was a Muslim, Jew, Christian, Agnostic or Atheist I would still love her.
Love is everything and religion (for me) is nothing.

[cheesewiz]

Please don't quote "Peace everyone" when you have inflexibility in your attitude to other people.
You appear to be intolerant of other peoples' beliefs.
This is such a lack of respect for others.
This is one of the main reasons that the majority of people in the UK have turned away from religion.

Peace: "freedom from conflict or disagreement among people or groups of people"

In your first post you wrote:
" I don't condemed people being Atheist"
then you wrote:
"I can't imagine myself living with someone who doesn't share the same belief as I am"

Now, how do you equate those two comments?

what's wrong with that statement? I can't see any problem with that? as a Christian who believes with the existence of GOD marrying or living with someone who doesn't share same belief as me won't work and by saying that I am not condeming any atheist. And a few people here trying to say that people who believe in imaginary thing consider as MAD ( do you think that's way of condeming people with faith in GOD?)

Then you have a problem with me saying PEACE EVERYONE. In what way this words are offensive to people in UK and disrespectful?

I am not in any way trying to convert you to christianity bec I respect you as atheist. Peace be with you!

[aposhark]

what's wrong with that statement? I can't see any problem with that? as a Christian who believes with the existence of GOD marrying or living with someone who doesn't share same belief as me won't work and by saying that I am not condeming any atheist. And a few people here trying to say that people who believe in imaginary thing consider as MAD ( do you think that's way of condeming people with faith in GOD?)

Then you have a problem with me saying PEACE EVERYONE. In what way this words are offensive to people in UK and disrespectful?

I am not in any way trying to convert you to christianity bec I respect you as atheist. Peace be with you!

You cannot convert me to christianity, because Christ did not exist.
If he did, prove it.
If God exists, prove it.

[cheesewiz]

You cannot convert me to christianity, because Christ did not exist.
If he did, prove it.
If God exists, prove it.

you said many many many times christ doesn't exist so for me that's the end of conversation why should I waste my time proving something to you as they said you can't teach an old dog a new trick...live your life the way you want it and I'll do same too. Peace!

[aposhark]

you said many many many times christ doesn't exist so for me that's the end of conversation why should I waste my time proving something to you as they said you can't teach an old dog a new trick...live your life the way you want it and I'll do same too. Peace!

Which brings us neatly to you as you were the originator of this thread:

How can a Christian and Atheist live together happily?

Most of my Brits colleagues are very open being Atheist. Well, as they said its not end of the world...yet let see

Since I have known my wife, we have no problems with her being Christian and me being Atheist
Love is the answer and love has nothing to do with religious or non-religious beliefs.
We know to leave those things alone, we discussed this when we first met so there will be no misunderstandings later
Yes, you are correct - you will have seen also that most Brits on this forum are Atheist.
People in the UK just don't care about going to church as Filipinos do.

I hope there will not be many threads about religion as people are mostly polarised.
There are also many people in life (and on this forum) who sit on the fence.
Some believe in issues and some don't, some lay low.
When I was growing up as a teenager and as an adult, debate never started concerning the church, as nobody goes anymore.
There is often debate in the UK about religion with reference to the Middle East for example.
That is another story......

Now, where is the skype phone, I miss my wife