What atheists must do when Christian friends disown them.

what if you were dating someone for a year and fell in love with them.i mean you became best friends and lovers,and then one day that person told you that they were atheist.would you still see that person or would you dump them because they dont believe in jesus or any other gods for that matter?

I am an atheist. My boyfriend is a strong hearted Orthodox Christian. From day one he met me I told him I was an athiest (I send out that disclaimer early lol). Three weeks into us being official boyfriend girlfriend, he tells me he drops the bomb on me that he is a dedicated Orthodox Christian and he doesn’t want to take the relationship further unless I convert. He says we can continue dating and when we hit the religious “crossroads” we will handle the situation then. Is there anything in his religious beliefs and practices that forbid our relationship indeed going further?

I’m asking because my girlfriend’s mom found out I was an atheist so she banned her daughter from dating me, which is totally unfair.
Of course, she’s crazy because she thinks Atheists worship Satan instead of God, which is bullshit. -_-

Your thoughts?
Oh yeah, and this is in the religion & spirituality section because the singles & dating section doesn’t have many religious experts.
I want your proffessional opinions on this, because I am shocked at how absurd this is….

Okay, not everyone, but there is a very obvious trend there!

I’m lonely since I divorced Earl last year. And I swing both ways dearies, if that makes things easier.

Ugh. I don’t know what to do…. I fell head over heals for this guy, come to find out he’s an atheist… I’m a Christian, so this poses as a problem. Do you think I should date him? Also, do you have any tips that will help me convert him into a Christian?

I am a very scientific and rational person. I am highly skeptical and am interested in the truth, whether I like the truth or not. I am a scientist, and believe in using evidence.

I am looking for intelligent answers from people who have done their research, not from people who are closed-minded and ignorant.

My question:
Up until very recently, I was an athiest. I took a subject at university called “God and the Natural Sciences”, and for my thesis, I set about proving that Jesus was not real, and was not raised from the dead (as is said in the first four books of the New Testament of the Bible).

When I was doing my research, I found that there was so much evidence for Jesus existence, and also a lot of evidence that said he had been executed and then raised from the dead. I found Christian witnesses, but also anti-Christain witnesses and imparital historians who all talked about this guy Jesus and the miracles he had done.

So I became a Christian. Believe me, I didn’t want to! I had to change many things in my life, and waste my Sundays going to Church, all very inconvenient things! But the evidence was there, and even though I didn’t like it, I respected it.

So my request is: Please, convince me that the historical evidence for Jesus is either inconclusive or outright false. I am intested in hearing from inteligent non-Christians who have investigated the material and decided athiesm was correct. Do your best to convince me to be an athiest. Or even to be a different religion entirely. .

Before you answer:
I have read a lot of books by Christians that detail the evidence for Jesus. A great one is ‘Religion is for Fools’ by Bill Medley. But, in the interests of an unbiased investigatation, I would love to read books about the historical evidence AGIANST Jesus, written by an athiest. I haven’t been able to find many, so if you know of one, plase let me know.
You can refer me to other sources if you like, I will read them. I am honestly open-minded, and interested only on the truth.

I believe that saying “find the right religion for you” is a cop-out. There is no ‘right’ religion, only evidence for or against.

Please dont call me stupid, as I have done my research carefully so far, and can only act on what I have read and heard. Please don’t bother to respond unless you have something constructive to say. Remember, I was a very VERY active athiest once!

And please dont say things like “Allah will show you the way” or whatever. It’s not constuctive to my search for the historical truth.

If you want the evidence I have refered to:
a) evidence for the existence of Jesus,
b) the evidence for his resurection, and
c) the reliabilty of the gospels.

For A, I found major non-Christian writers such as Josephus and Pliny the Younger, to be both unbiased and historically credible.
For B, I used the gospels and also early writers such as Julius Africanus.
For C, I found that the sheer quantity of almost identical manuscripts, the wide geographical location of the finds, as well as the earliest date of the oldest copies of the texts to be strong proof.

The fact that Clement of Rome was martyred in 100 AD and had quoted extensively from the New Testament, suggests that the books are no older than 100 AD.

For modern writers, I like Antony Flew, as he was a well-researched and outspoken athiest, who was then eventually convinced by the evidence and turned Christian. He can argue both sides convincingly, but on balance believes in Jesus.

I met this great guy on holiday in a foreign country last year. Believing he was the one, I moved to his country and am working here on a one-year contract. My issue is that, I am a Christian while he is an atheist. I have brought the issue up with him earlier but he made me feel stupid and foolish for believing in a fairytale, as he put it. The thing is, I am surrounded by his friends and family over here, who share his militant atheist beliefs, and it makes me feel isolated, and wondering where this relationship is going if he cannot tolerate my beliefs. Also, we are planning on returning to my country early next year, where he will meet my (Christian) family for the first time. Is this a good idea?

Ok so I’ve been dating a guy I met at work for 2 months now. He is my ex-coworker. He’s decent, he’s not a sweet guy, but he’s not a bad one. He’s smart, etc. But sometmimes he’s a downer and acts depressed all the time. But we’ve managed to become bf/gf.

We talked…about religion finally. And I told him im christian. He told me he’s a 100% atheist and NOT interested in changing. He said he’ll go 2 church w/me but don’t expect him 2 change.

He is an extremely EXTREMELY cynical – political person. His views mimic the mind of the DEVIL- pro abortion- pro suicide- etc.

He used 2 be catholic- but a few years ago he got mad @ God and just stopped believing. He said it made him a better person. He says he is mUch HAPPIER now.

So my question is….I KNOW THIS can be dangerous. But im LOVE JESUS- but i findmyself not praying as much since being around him and being @ the job. Please advise what im 2 do.

He says he cares so much about me – he’ll do whatever it takes 2 keep me. Even go 2 church. But he will NOT be a christian- ever. So im so lost as 2 what 2 do? Do I help him? Run away? Pray 4 him? Leave him? Ignore him? Or continue 2 be relationshp and invite him 2 church? help