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It can be hard when there are people around you with many different beliefs. I believe the same as you do. As long as your partner does not criticize your beliefs or try to change you I don't see a large problem with having a relationship. It can be a lot harder at times and cause tension if you have different ideas on issues that come up in serious relationships later on (eg. sex before marriage) but I have seen it work out when there is a mutual respect for each others beliefs.

I am sure that others will have different opinions to mine here and it comes down to your interpretation of the bible and Gods will. It is great to seek advice from others, especially as you are a new Christian but ultimately it comes down to your personal beliefs and what you see to be right.

I am not sure if this post has helped or just made things more confusing, and if it has I apologise. Good luck with everything

I think that it can turn out to be really hard to have a serious relationship with someone who's not christian. At least you have to work a lot on it and be ready to make compromises etc. because christianity doesn't always match so perfectly with a more worldly point of view. I think that's one of the main reasons that most christians avoid dating non-christians - because it's hard. I as well belong to that group and here's why I'd consider really carefeully if I were you.

First of all, you have to consider the way you think about the relationship. A rather christian view would be tothink of every relationship as one serious enough to end up with marriage. Have you thought about that possibility? Do you think that you'd be ready for that? Would you have sex before marriage? Would you divorce? Would you get married in a church?

Then you have to think about your christian part of life. Obviously your boyfriend wouldn't want to go to church, pray or read the Bible with you, if he wouldn't believe. You'd have to do that on your own without him. Would you honestly be able to handle it and not make too many compromises in your faith? Would he be able to cope with it, or would he have a problem with loosing some of his time with you because of church etc.? What about your future children, then? How would you raise them and what would you tell them about God, the origin of life, death etc.? Would you take them to church and sunday school?

Then of course you have to realise that different views about such things as life after death, where the world and people come from, your views about sin and the right way to live and think will eventually lead to some sort of a discussion and even fighting. You just would have to work a huge lot to be able to seriously accept everything your boyfriend thinks and take it into account in everything you do, say and think.