dating someone who has "different" beliefs

[Brianlear]

Personally, I would have a hard time living with someone who believed in a young earth. The evidence just doesn't support it, and I would be hard pressed to cater to someone who refused to see that. We need to integrate our beliefs with the scientific pursuit of knowledge, not have a "dark ages" fearful response to it. IMO the fact that the universe is billions of years old simply makes God even more awesome, that he designed it that way, for things to slowly unfold, eventually resulting in human beings. What is really the difference between a long-term, slowly evolving miracle...and an instant one anyway? To me that is the perfect opportunity to build bridges to our faith with scientists, anthropologists, and historians.

In your example of two christians who differ on this point, I think it is a great chance for them to really come to grips with this issue. God MADE US, does it really matter when and how long it took? Evolution is an amazingly intricate, mysterious process that really, should be EMBRACED by the faithful and put up as EVIDENCE that God is awesome and powerful enough to orchestrate something so amazing!!

 

[Sunburst]

I hope everything works out for you. I am married to someone of Jewish faith. There is room at God's table for all.

 

[Sketcher]

1Cr 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

1Cr 7:13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

1Cr 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

I realize this piece talks about marriage but I still think it's very much relevant because this passage deals with the concept of a relationship between a believer and a non believer. If the Bible was so against it then I do not see how this passage would be said in such a manner.

That is a provision for spouses who converted to Christianity after they had gotten married. They are not to divorce their spouses because they converted. This doesn't mean that we can just find unbelievers we like and marry them.

As for the yoked quote. You can't say that quote counts for one thing but then not for other, as I don't see any extra bits added to that very scripture piece that implies that dating and marriage is what is being referred to.

What is a yoke? A partnership. What is an intimate partnership? Marriage. Why would the yoke be unequal? Because we have been born again, into the Kingdom of God, and those in the world have not yet. The value systems are very different.

 

[Jess4hope]

I honestly believe it's perfectly fine to have different views. No one is exactly the same and this doesn't exclude faith. For me, I've never dated someone with a strong religious background. I'm usually okay if my boyfriend simply believes in God. I'm hoping while we date he'll have a desire to go into more depth with his faith.