- Jun 30, 2015
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My ex-wife of 20 years was the first Christian I had dated and she ended up leaving me for her old high school boyfriend who she reconnected with on Facebook.
Divorce rates among Christians are just as high as non-believers. Pre-marital sex, living together, rates of infidelity, etc. are all about the same with Christians as with non-believers.
When I searched on dating sights, I always searched for Christian women only. Very few results.
In my profile, I talked about how important my faith was to me and wanted a similarly committed Christian to date.
Very few responses.
I was introduced to a Christian woman yesterday and we talked a bit. What's your favorite music? She only listens to gospel. Favorite TV show? Doesn't watch TV other than Christian documentaries.
She also was a strict vegetarian, did not drink any amount of alcohol, and had very few activities outside of the church.
But she was beautiful and sweet; just someone I don't think would be much fun to hang out with.
I felt like an absolute awful person compared to her with all of my Netflix watching and burger eating, and wine drinking, and good-time having...
I am fully aware that I am a sinner. I know that there are things I need to work on in my life that are not reflecting God's glory or healthy to my spirit. But I am always trying to increase my time within the Christian community by going to men's prayer groups on Thursdays, Bible study on Saturday, church on Sunday, etc.
I honestly do want to be more spiritual and holy...
I don't know. I started to think that maybe I'm just not "Christian" enough for a lot of Christian women and maybe I should just look to date a mature and sweet girl that has no faith. There are a ton of those around here. Then perhaps I could lead her to Christ as our relationship progressed.
I don't know about that; I do not believe in being unequally yoked. And why would I date someone without the intention of it leading to marriage? I've done the pre-marital sex thing and it left me feeling empty and guilty. Awful.
This whole question came up because the same day I met the boring Christian girl, my buddy introduced me to his single mother-in-law who is Greek/Italian and beautiful, but not a Christian. Believes in God but not religious. Recently out of a relationship with a pill popper and looking for someone with more morals. Bingo.
It's frustrating. Having my ex-wife cheat on me while she was going to church every week has made me a little bitter, I think.
I'll stop rambling now...
For topic of discussion: Should Christians even date non-Christians?
Divorce rates among Christians are just as high as non-believers. Pre-marital sex, living together, rates of infidelity, etc. are all about the same with Christians as with non-believers.
When I searched on dating sights, I always searched for Christian women only. Very few results.
In my profile, I talked about how important my faith was to me and wanted a similarly committed Christian to date.
Very few responses.
I was introduced to a Christian woman yesterday and we talked a bit. What's your favorite music? She only listens to gospel. Favorite TV show? Doesn't watch TV other than Christian documentaries.
She also was a strict vegetarian, did not drink any amount of alcohol, and had very few activities outside of the church.
But she was beautiful and sweet; just someone I don't think would be much fun to hang out with.
I felt like an absolute awful person compared to her with all of my Netflix watching and burger eating, and wine drinking, and good-time having...
I am fully aware that I am a sinner. I know that there are things I need to work on in my life that are not reflecting God's glory or healthy to my spirit. But I am always trying to increase my time within the Christian community by going to men's prayer groups on Thursdays, Bible study on Saturday, church on Sunday, etc.
I honestly do want to be more spiritual and holy...
I don't know. I started to think that maybe I'm just not "Christian" enough for a lot of Christian women and maybe I should just look to date a mature and sweet girl that has no faith. There are a ton of those around here. Then perhaps I could lead her to Christ as our relationship progressed.
I don't know about that; I do not believe in being unequally yoked. And why would I date someone without the intention of it leading to marriage? I've done the pre-marital sex thing and it left me feeling empty and guilty. Awful.
This whole question came up because the same day I met the boring Christian girl, my buddy introduced me to his single mother-in-law who is Greek/Italian and beautiful, but not a Christian. Believes in God but not religious. Recently out of a relationship with a pill popper and looking for someone with more morals. Bingo.
It's frustrating. Having my ex-wife cheat on me while she was going to church every week has made me a little bitter, I think.
I'll stop rambling now...
For topic of discussion: Should Christians even date non-Christians?