Comment on Loosing my religion

Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Acid_Burn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It was called Missionary Dating when I was growing up in an incredibly religious family. The goal was to date a non-christian so you could convert them. Then you would be “equally yoked” before you got hitched. No joke.

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  • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Flirt to convert

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Waste of time

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      • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Arguing on Lemmy is also a waste of time, that doesn’t stop you

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, that’s stupid and wasting time. I wouldn’t say it’s sinful to date non Christians, but it’s definitely sinful to marry them. Therefore missionary dating is a gamble. Ironically, I have heard of guys who converted, and the first time they went to Church was because they knew a girl they had a crush on had the requirement that they were Christians, so they gave it a chance. But they weren’t missionary dating, it was moreso them being led into church by having a crush on a parishoner, lol.

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• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bell curve meme but it goes from very atheist to very christian rather than low IQ to high IQ

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  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think the epic Schwarzenegger high five one would be more fitting

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• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Christians also aren't supposed to engage in fornication, so you know. Expecting Christians in Western countries (don't know about elsewhere) to follow their religion is generally futile.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s completely possible to remain chaste until marriage.

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    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But the vast majority of Christians (again, in Western countries) don't do that, and I strongly doubt OOP's girlfriend is the exception. So my point is: That ship has kind of sailed.

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I wouldn’t say the vast majority. I know people have failed a lot, and I get that, but it’s not an impossible task. It’s even easier whenever both of you believe that you should save yourself for marriage. Far easier than dating a non Christian who’d likely be expecting sex before marriage.

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• Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Christians shouldn’t do a lot of things that they do. The worst part about that, is that they still insist they are morally superior to everyone around them, because God said so… they believe that the Magic Bird gives them superior wisdom and intellect to the secular.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    God doesn’t say Christians are morally superior, Christians are sinful like everybody else. Many Christians are worse people than some atheists. It’s not about works. Some Christians fail to remain chaste. It’s a difficult world, I understand that. If you fail, you pick up your cross and keep moving forward. It happens. We all sin. We should try and avoid it, but we know we can’t. That’s why Jesus died for us.

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