How hard would it be for a Christian to date an atheist? Should a Christian date an atheist? Would you? (speaking from a Christian perspective)

The rooms still exist but they are not listed in the directory any longer. As such nobody but a few hardcore regulars visit them. Anyone know if this is just a glitch on Yahoo’s part or are they doing away with them? They were nice because they were a place for general religion debate where as the other rooms like Christian Chat, Islam Chat, Paganism chat, etc. were for specific religions and not necessarily for theology/philosophy debate at all.

The rooms still exist but they are not listed in the directory any longer. As such nobody but a few hardcore regulars visit them. Anyone know if this is just a glitch on Yahoo’s part or are they doing away with them? They were nice because they were a place for general religion debate where as the other rooms like Christian Chat, Islam Chat, Paganism chat, etc. were for specific religions and not necessarily for theology/philosophy debate at all.

The rooms still exist but they are not listed in the directory any longer. As such nobody but a few hardcore regulars visit them. Anyone know if this is just a glitch on Yahoo’s part or are they doing away with them? They were nice because they were a place for general religion debate where as the other rooms like Christian Chat, Islam Chat, Paganism chat, etc. were for specific religions and not necessarily for theology/philosophy debate at all.

So I was thinking, is there anywhere in the Bible where they mention a black person? It seems like there is not a single one in the whole Bible.

Was there still racism going on back then and they never put any of them in it. Or were they just not as important as they are now?
Oh so Race really wasn’t mentioned in the Bible? Ahh.. that makes sense then. Cause like the song says,
Red Yellow Black and White there all perfect in his site. Jesus loves the little children of the World.

Thanks I think I understand now, I was jsut a little confused, I’m only 14 so don’t make me sound stupid. lol.
busybee2, That was a great site. It really helped. Thanks.

And to the dude that said I might be a closet Atheist!!
No way Jose! I am a Christian and when I die I know I am going to Heaven to be with my King.

Question on dating and a person’s beliefs on Christian theology?
I have been dating a born-again Christian for about 5 months now (I am a born-again Christian also). We have since the start of the relationship questioned each other’s beliefs to make sure we were on the same page and not dating each other in vain. All along it seemed we agreed on the basics, such as how to become a Christian, what it means to be a Christian, the importance of church, and also major moral issues. Now we have figured out that we disagree on the more in-depth issues such as speaking in tongues, prophecy, modern-day miracles and a few other things. How important is it that a couple agree on EVERYTHING that has to do with their Christian beliefs? I would really hate this issue to break me and my boyfriend apart.

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Hello all,

I am a reservoir engineer/petroleum geologist engaged in locating oil and gas reserves before a drill bit ever hits the ground. A core role of my job is to track the flow of ancient rivers and basins back hundreds of millions of years to see where the basins would have been deposited during “hot spots” in the past (which are periods of intense global warming that led to mass extinction events). I recently was working on tracking the flow of sediments in the San Juan basin in New Mexico, and successfully located a 20 foot wide patch of Methane bearing Permian sediment located 9000 feet below the ground that my team of geological and engineering professionals pinpointed before a drill bit ever hit the ground. Several (apparently fundamentalist) relatives of mine told me that my findings were wrong, and that the earth is 6000 years old, and it says so in the bible. I then went online to see if this is a view held by many Christians and after a little trolling (lol) I found that quite a few (but not a majority of) Christians do believe that the earth is in fact 6000 years old due to lineages in the bible. My question to those ppl is this, how do you argue with the profits that we are able to attain? I am paid over 150k a year to trace the history of these flows back millions of years, and have been responsible for finding hundreds of millions of dollars worth of hydrocarbons? Do you think that the oil companies are ignorant for paying me such a hefty sum of cash to find oil that you claim can only be several thousand years old? I am not asking the Christians who agree with the scientifically agreed upon date of a 4.5 billion year old earth, just the ones who think that the science my career is based upon is all wrong.
Perhaps I wasn’t clear. I think that most Christians do believe that the earth is very old (I work with some). I just wonder how the few that do take a literal date view my field of study (geology). Do they view is a psudo-science, and if so how do they dismiss the benefits to humankind (i.e. oil) it has provided
Jehovah: I graduated with a B.S. in petroleum engineering and a M.S. in Geology, my job is more concerned with the location of specific traps of hydrocarbons in subsurface plays. I didn’t get into the details of my work because I tried to limit the amount of B.S. in my question. You are correct though, locating specific traps does utilize all of those instruments, however.. how do oil companies know where to deploy all those seismic instruments. It is not as random as you would think.
Wow, I didn’t expect so many answers so fast. It appears as though my career is more controversial than I thought, I will keep that in mind from now on!!! And as far as being an athiest…. I’m Jewish. I just don’t take the Torah as a literal translation. I was just asking for opinions from those who take Genesis literally, not asking for pep talks on the merits of my job lol. I know how sesmology works…. I did my dissertation on the applications of Seismology in the location of Shale Gas Traps. Shell finds me valuable and that’s all that matters lol
Kissthepilot brings up the best point yet. The dating of rocks through radiometic dating is based off of the rate of electron expuslion from radioactive material. How do we know that the rate is constant? Well, it isn’t. Electrons do not leave radioactive materials at a constant rate, however it is darn close to a constant value, thats why materials that have near-contant rates of decay are chosen, the error is typically +-3%. How do we know that the rate wasn’t more in the past? Because if it is true that that the earth is 6000 years old, and we are reading 400 million when we test our rocks, then the rate of decay would have to be EXTREMELY random in order to account for the 99.8% error rate. Over the past 100 years the decay rates have been very stable, therefore it is not logical to assume that elements decayed fast as hell for 5,900 years then suddenly decided to all of a sudden become stable for the past 100 years.

anywhere besides church? I’m 23 yrs old & I’m finding it very tough to meet other people with similar beliefs (christian). I’ve tried christian dating sites, but I’m not really in a position to date now (recently broke up with my ex). I just want to meet other christian people to hang out, fellowship, etc. Are there any websites out there for friendships w/christians? My church doesn’t have any people in their 20s & most of my friends aren’t christian (and the ones that are live fairly far away). I really need the christian fellowship & support, but can’t seem to find it. It doesn’t help I live in a rural area. Thanks for input! )