Monkeybot

Did you catch <a href="http://women.crosswalk.com/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID73970|CHID467200|CIID1112990,00.html" target="_blank">Help! I Like a Non-Christian Guy - Part 2</a>? The theme is "So we know it's wrong [to like a non-Xian], but how do we stop and control these feelings?"

That's right, it is just WRONG to have a healthy fantasy! Control those thoughts! No lust may enter!!

In fact you should:

Lobotomize yourself for Christ! Become comfortably numb int he name of JESUS!

And finally, the bit that actually pissed me off rather than amusing me:

Because it's the non-Christians who are against sex education and providing CONDOMS IN SCHOOL, right???!

I am so disgusted that these people pretend to give fair and balanced advice while spreading these lies about non-Christians. It's not as though this is a complete shock, but for crying out loud.

Edited to add: I live in Japan. Less than 1% of the population is Christian. There's also an extremely low STD rate, though I don't have the numbers handy. what do they think of that, huh?!

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Queen of Swords

Here's a hilarious bit from <a href="http://women.crosswalk.com/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID73970|CHID467200|CIID689190,00.html" target="_blank">Purity : Some Success Stories.</a>

This should have a title like "Kiss of Death" or "Lips of the Devil" Horrible, evil kisses!

Darwin's Finch

Quoted from Purity: Some Success Stories: "Guys will do and say anything you want them to just so they can get you into bed."

Well, no shit! These flowers of Jesus don't actually think the guys are after them for their minds, do they?

Give me a nice, sensible atheist girl any day.

bonduca

In other words, "I've had MY fun, but now I'm going to stop you from having yours."

ohwilleke

What is so bad about a religion telling you what you can and cannot do? Sure, we're atheists and we don't believe in God. But, assuming just for a moment that anybody did believe in God, would a God that had absolute no opinion about what you did or did not do be a pretty lame God? (The deistic God isn't much different from being atheistic in any case). Any God who one need bother worshipping is of course going to expect something, and people go to church precisely so that they can be told what they should do.

Now, this may be bad advice. This may be advice not backed up by their own religious beliefs. It may conveniently coincide with self-perpetuation of the religion . . . but hell, even I have counseled caution to heathens considering dating someone "on fire with God" because from both perspectives it may be more trouble than it is worth.

critical thinking made ez

Personally, I don't thing an atheist should date a Christian or visa-versa. Nothing is really bad about it unless a relationship starts to build, then you can have some serious problems. People need to stick with their own kind in reference to Religious and Non-Religious beliefs.

This is not the same as with interracial couples. They don't come to a point when they want to change the other person's color. But in terms of hell and brimstone, they will. It may not be now, but it could later as their "Faith" grows. That is the unstable part of a Christian. They can really go off the deep end with the right cult teachings.

Plus, if you're a female atheist with a religious husband. He goes to church and you stay home... well you can bet your life he is scoring with the honey's at church. Church is one of the biggest sex-exchange places there is... next to bars.

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bonduca

Is it really? LOL...now that's what I call being "on fire with God."


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IvanK

Why not? What other differences, in your personal opinion, would disqualify people from dating or marrying each other? Should handicapped or developmenatlly disabled people stick together? Should people who are more than six inches different in height stay away from each other? How about people with different income and education levels?

Sorry, friend, but there's a whole world of loving relationships out there (including mine and my dear loving Catholic wife's BTW) that put the lie to your idea that atheists and believers "need to stick with their own kind." If you want to limit yourself in those kinds of ways, be my guest. Just don't expect happiness or fulfillment in your relationships any time soon would be my advice to you.

And if you're going to worry about what your spouse is doing every minute they're out of sight then become a hermit or a nun would be my other advice to you. My wife goes places, including to Mass, without me and I go places without her without either of us having to worry that we're likely to start fucking around with every other person we meet.

scombrid

That site is really enlightening. That is truly sound advice.

"For these reasons, I think it is also wise to not constantly surround yourself with unsaved friends. It's hard enough during your teen years to withstand temptation. And it's even harder if all your friends are living by a different standard than you are. You should try to form close relationships with Christian friends who will encourage you to do the right thing. If you are having particular problems with temptation, spend more time with the Christian friends."

Only through social isolation and daily affirmation of your beliefs by like minded people can you become a truly well rounded knowledgible adult.

critical thinking made ez

Catholics aren't real Christians, they are really just atheists who go to church. So your wife and you should have a great relationship. I'm afraid you might be protesting a little too much on that silly remark I made on "cheating". It was a joke!