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Enki
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States2548 Posts
December 28 2011 14:17 GMT
#121
She's been brainwashed from such an early age, it would take alot to change her mindset on it. Dunno, if I was in your position, I would stay as long as she is putting out. As soon as she brings up marriage though, I would bail.
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Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
December 28 2011 14:20 GMT
#122
Here's the way I look at it.

Does it really matter to either of you? Are you one of those people that are constantly annoyed by people being "wrong" and refusing to change? Is she someone that will try and cram it down your throat later? If the answer to any of those is "yes", then you should try and persuade her. If not, who really gives a crap.

My girlfriend could literally believe in the flying spaghetti monster, and I wouldn't really give a crap, as long as it doesn't end up affecting me personally. If it's not hurting her, and it's not hurting me, why give a crap?
Glurkenspurk
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1915 Posts
December 28 2011 14:22 GMT
#123
On December 28 2011 23:20 Sm3agol wrote:
Here's the way I look at it.

Does it really matter to either of you? Are you one of those people that are constantly annoyed by people being "wrong" and refusing to change? Is she someone that will try and cram it down your throat later? If the answer to any of those is "yes", then you should try and persuade her. If not, who really gives a crap.

My girlfriend could literally believe in the flying spaghetti monster, and I wouldn't really give a crap, as long as it doesn't end up affecting me personally. If it's not hurting her, and it's not hurting me, why give a crap?



It's only hurting the entire progress of the modern world. I could not stand to be in a relationship with someone so stupid who is unable to believe facts. If someone is dumb enough to believe in a god, what other insane things could they do in the future to ruin your relationship?
Teoita
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Italy12246 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-28 14:29:53
December 28 2011 14:28 GMT
#124
On December 28 2011 23:22 Odal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2011 23:20 Sm3agol wrote:
Here's the way I look at it.

Does it really matter to either of you? Are you one of those people that are constantly annoyed by people being "wrong" and refusing to change? Is she someone that will try and cram it down your throat later? If the answer to any of those is "yes", then you should try and persuade her. If not, who really gives a crap.

My girlfriend could literally believe in the flying spaghetti monster, and I wouldn't really give a crap, as long as it doesn't end up affecting me personally. If it's not hurting her, and it's not hurting me, why give a crap?



It's only hurting the entire progress of the modern world. I could not stand to be in a relationship with someone so stupid who is unable to believe facts. If someone is dumb enough to believe in a god, what other insane things could they do in the future to ruin your relationship?


You are taking it too far. Believing in religion isn't necessarily bad or stupid (this coming from an atheist), it's just some people feel it's necessary for them. The education one receives as a child also has a huge impact. Creationism on the other hand is just taking things too far. Science and religion have NOTHING to do with each other, and they never should.

On topic, i think it would bother me a lot. I could definitely not have a very serious story with her, but that's personal. If it's not too serious for both of you and it doesn't bother you that much, i say go ahead with it, but if either one of you looks for a more long-term relationship it could be troublesome.
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Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
December 28 2011 14:30 GMT
#125
On December 28 2011 23:22 Odal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2011 23:20 Sm3agol wrote:
Here's the way I look at it.

Does it really matter to either of you? Are you one of those people that are constantly annoyed by people being "wrong" and refusing to change? Is she someone that will try and cram it down your throat later? If the answer to any of those is "yes", then you should try and persuade her. If not, who really gives a crap.

My girlfriend could literally believe in the flying spaghetti monster, and I wouldn't really give a crap, as long as it doesn't end up affecting me personally. If it's not hurting her, and it's not hurting me, why give a crap?



It's only hurting the entire progress of the modern world. I could not stand to be in a relationship with someone so stupid who is unable to believe facts. If someone is dumb enough to believe in a god, what other insane things could they do in the future to ruin your relationship?

Using religion as a metric of the intelligence is as dumb as believing in creationism in the first place. Saying they believe in God therefore are more likely to do something dumb just shows your own ignorant bias. People do stupid and horrible things regardless of religious beliefs, especially in relationships.
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billy5000
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States865 Posts
December 28 2011 14:31 GMT
#126
unless it's a serious relationship, keep getting head bro. kinda counterproductive on her part if you ask me

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand. Vonnegut
Celestia
Profile Joined February 2011
Mexico376 Posts
December 28 2011 14:36 GMT
#127
Screw it, end that relationship, it has no future. How can you forget 1Sagan 8:13? "Marriage should be between one atheist and one atheist".
adwodon
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom592 Posts
December 28 2011 14:43 GMT
#128
On December 28 2011 21:13 Jibba wrote:
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On December 28 2011 20:44 adwodon wrote:
Unless you're some sort of academic or she starts to become some kind of activist and her beliefs would affect your life in some way then it really doesn't matter one bit what her religious views are.

She may change her views over time but don't try and push an agenda, people are people, we believe different things for different reasons and as an atheist I don't believe in some kind of cosmic bitch slap if your beliefs aren't the 'correct' ones.

If you like her as a person, and you get on well then that's all you need.

Because there's an issue of respect and it's difficult, if not impossible, to be in a relationship with someone who you don't respect. Holding such an elementary view, I would have difficulty respecting someone like that. This is one of the most extreme cases of faith against logic, where faith refutes what has been logically observed and proven, unlike other issues where there is simply a lack of evidence. It's just being obstinate and foolish.


I disagree, as a physicist I am a 'logical' person and I know lots of logical people.
One of the smartest can't cook, he can make bacon sandwiches and that's about it. Now to me, that makes no sense, we eat every day, we enjoy it, cooking is a social thing, its relaxing and you feel accomplished, I think not learning to cook is obstinate and foolish (I don't really but for the sake of argument...).
Does that undermine everything else my friend does? Is he suddenly now not worthy of respect?

Of course the answer is no, the reason being, there is only so much we can do or care about. I imagine for this girl, she grew up in a religious community, was taught what she thinks, doesn't care much about it and isn't a scientific person (they do exist, in fact most people really don't care about science) so didn't bother questioning it because she had other things on her mind and had other priorities. I'm sure if she moved into an environment where it was suddenly imperative that she explore these things more she would change her mind, but someones opinion on science doesn't matter, as I said, shes no activist, that would be very different and I would have trouble respecting someone who was passionate about an ill informed opinion.

I learned a long time ago that we all have our own standards, and one of the things that pains me most about peoples problems with each other is they almost always stem from conflicting standards.

I would say to you, that you need to learn to respect people with different standards, as right now you aren't as open minded as you might believe, as presumably an atheist you surely don't believe in any kind of fundamental reason for your being here, so why does it matter that this girl thinks what she does on this one subject? I think its too easy to pick faults in people, remember you have just as many, I'm sure I could find many in you, and you many in me, but I think its important to focus more on the positives in people, and that is where I learn to respect people, from what they are passionate about, from what they focus on, not what I am passionate about or what I focus on, because otherwise, I would barely respect anyone and that would be too lonely an existence for me to what to contemplate.
bre1010
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
71 Posts
December 28 2011 14:46 GMT
#129
If you stay with her just for sex you're a terrible person
Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
December 28 2011 14:49 GMT
#130
On December 28 2011 23:43 adwodon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2011 21:13 Jibba wrote:
On December 28 2011 20:44 adwodon wrote:
Unless you're some sort of academic or she starts to become some kind of activist and her beliefs would affect your life in some way then it really doesn't matter one bit what her religious views are.

She may change her views over time but don't try and push an agenda, people are people, we believe different things for different reasons and as an atheist I don't believe in some kind of cosmic bitch slap if your beliefs aren't the 'correct' ones.

If you like her as a person, and you get on well then that's all you need.

Because there's an issue of respect and it's difficult, if not impossible, to be in a relationship with someone who you don't respect. Holding such an elementary view, I would have difficulty respecting someone like that. This is one of the most extreme cases of faith against logic, where faith refutes what has been logically observed and proven, unlike other issues where there is simply a lack of evidence. It's just being obstinate and foolish.


I disagree, as a physicist I am a 'logical' person and I know lots of logical people.
One of the smartest can't cook, he can make bacon sandwiches and that's about it. Now to me, that makes no sense, we eat every day, we enjoy it, cooking is a social thing, its relaxing and you feel accomplished, I think not learning to cook is obstinate and foolish (I don't really but for the sake of argument...).
Does that undermine everything else my friend does? Is he suddenly now not worthy of respect?

Of course the answer is no, the reason being, there is only so much we can do or care about. I imagine for this girl, she grew up in a religious community, was taught what she thinks, doesn't care much about it and isn't a scientific person (they do exist, in fact most people really don't care about science) so didn't bother questioning it because she had other things on her mind and had other priorities. I'm sure if she moved into an environment where it was suddenly imperative that she explore these things more she would change her mind, but someones opinion on science doesn't matter, as I said, shes no activist, that would be very different and I would have trouble respecting someone who was passionate about an ill informed opinion.

I learned a long time ago that we all have our own standards, and one of the things that pains me most about peoples problems with each other is they almost always stem from conflicting standards.

I would say to you, that you need to learn to respect people with different standards, as right now you aren't as open minded as you might believe, as presumably an atheist you surely don't believe in any kind of fundamental reason for your being here, so why does it matter that this girl thinks what she does on this one subject? I think its too easy to pick faults in people, remember you have just as many, I'm sure I could find many in you, and you many in me, but I think its important to focus more on the positives in people, and that is where I learn to respect people, from what they are passionate about, from what they focus on, not what I am passionate about or what I focus on, because otherwise, I would barely respect anyone and that would be too lonely an existence for me to what to contemplate.

There's a big difference in not respecting someone for being generally religious, which I don't believe Jibba said, and not respecting them for believing in something specific that has a large amount of evidence against it. It'd be like me saying 'The Moon is made of cheese' and expecting everyone to not think I'm a loon.
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plated.rawr
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Norway1676 Posts
December 28 2011 14:51 GMT
#131
First, what does she mean to you?

If she's just a girlfriend and you don't really plan much for the future, then screw it. Enjoy the time you have with her, and don't screw it up with silly phisolophical discussions. It'll end naturally soon enough anyhow.

If you do have deep feelings for this girl and want to make something serious out of it, then look at it this way - does her views of the world, through her religious view, go against yours, or contradict important parts of yours? Would this be a source of conflict, tension or stress? Would you want your children brought up with her belief or yours?

If it's an issue for you that her religious (and with it probably, her political view and general worldview) conflicts with your interpretation of reality, and you want to convince her, try asking her about the basis of her belief. If she's a logical person, she might come to realise that the basis of her worldview is not reason, and she might change in time. Chances are she will not, though.

If her worldview is important to you and she doesn't seem to want change, don't push for it - just leave her.
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Amanebak
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Czech Republic528 Posts
December 28 2011 14:52 GMT
#132
This propose probably sounds crazy and is not very doable. Still:
Study maths and physics together. The etique of science (physics) and strict approach in maths should force a person to think differently at least. I think that a lot of disrespect toward scientific theories come from being ignorant of them.
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KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-28 14:55:14
December 28 2011 14:54 GMT
#133
I was going to help you but then I saw your poll and now I think that it's nothing serious either way so what the fuck just do whatever you feel like you want to do.
chaosfreak11
Profile Joined April 2011
Singapore367 Posts
December 28 2011 14:58 GMT
#134
You have to present the facts to her and point out why you think that evolution is true. While it may seem like a small problem now, the fact is that these are the small things that can actually be a huge problem if you do not clarify things
aminoashley
Profile Joined March 2011
105 Posts
December 28 2011 14:59 GMT
#135
I was in a relationship with an individual who also didn't "believe in evolution" and even though that is specifically my area of study and work I thought, "Meh, I guess I can get over it." But it really ended up being at the center of a larger problem for me because we both seemed to have just wildly different ideas about the world in general. Didn't last very long because we really just saw things way too differently to come to really any compromises.
Cubu
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
1171 Posts
December 28 2011 15:16 GMT
#136
Unless ur on the verge of having sex with her, tell her that shes full of shit and god is nonsense and ditch her

Jokes

But srsly this op feels like troll. I mean its just somthing dat u can agree to disagree well if u r srs then just dont worry bout it ots no harm
Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
December 28 2011 15:31 GMT
#137
On December 28 2011 23:22 Odal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2011 23:20 Sm3agol wrote:
Here's the way I look at it.

Does it really matter to either of you? Are you one of those people that are constantly annoyed by people being "wrong" and refusing to change? Is she someone that will try and cram it down your throat later? If the answer to any of those is "yes", then you should try and persuade her. If not, who really gives a crap.

My girlfriend could literally believe in the flying spaghetti monster, and I wouldn't really give a crap, as long as it doesn't end up affecting me personally. If it's not hurting her, and it's not hurting me, why give a crap?



It's only hurting the entire progress of the modern world. I could not stand to be in a relationship with someone so stupid who is unable to believe facts. If someone is dumb enough to believe in a god, what other insane things could they do in the future to ruin your relationship?

Really? You certainly sound like an individual I would want to be around. Believing in God = does insane things now? I'm sure all the geniuses in history that were firm believers in god were just borderline insane, stupid, and dumb?
JohnBall
Profile Joined December 2008
Brazil1272 Posts
December 28 2011 15:34 GMT
#138
OP, I'm glad I'm not in your position. Dating someone that believes in creationism is just as bad as dating someone that believes in gnomes and fairies and stuff.

Please never have children with her so her creationist beliefs don't spread further.
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Aladdin
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom17 Posts
December 28 2011 15:42 GMT
#139
If your girlfriend was a holocaust denier [insert other extreme examples here], would you maintain the relationship? I would lose her fast but maybe I'm picky. I think personality trumps looks and in my opinion being a creationist is a pretty deep personality flaw in modern society. Hell I wouldn't want a creationist raising my kids, let alone teaching or being near them.
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18821 Posts
December 28 2011 15:55 GMT
#140
I find it funny how threads like these give self-assured atheists/agnostics the forum with which to tout their extreme hatred towards those of practically any sort of religious inclination. Creationism is hardly a logically defensible concept, but belief in God is an entirely different topic, and to make the assertion that those with faith are insane is to indict the history of scientific progress and rationalism as we know it. If believing in imaginary things means that I avoid becoming a venomous hater of all things unknown or unexplainable, well that choice is easy.
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