Here's a question...

[ProcInc]

...could you?

 

[SpaceCDT]

I've been dating one for 3 years now =D

Well, she's not a creationist anymore but her whole family is so it can be a little awkward at the family get togethers. They are very vocal in making snide remarks about how "ridiculous" evolution is and how I shouldn't be "corrupting" their daughter / sister / cousin.
Gives me the shits.

 

[ProcInc]

Are you able to respond?

 

[SpaceCDT]

Are you able to respond?

No, if I do I generally get shunned, (it's always my fault) which makes life hard on Brie, so I've basically stopped bothering.
What's the chance that any of the old coots would listen to me anyway?

 

[ProcInc]

There's no nice way to say it.

Creationists are obligatorily bad humans beings

 

[Duvelthehobbit666]

no i wouldn't, i like my girls smart.

 

[SpaceCDT]

no i wouldn't, i like my girls smart.

well agreed, but there's nothing saying creationists are in general dumb. Brie is a smart girl, but she'd never met anyone outside her insular Baptist community before me.

 

[Duvelthehobbit666]

no i wouldn't, i like my girls smart.

well agreed, but there's nothing saying creationists are in general dumb. Brie is a smart girl, but she'd never met anyone outside her insular Baptist community before me.

well you said she is a smart girl and does not believe in creationism anymore. so that is a little bit different.

 

[lrkun]

...could you?

I can date a creationist, maybe fall in love with her, and even marry her.

 

[SpaceCDT]

well you said she is a smart girl and does not believe in creationism anymore. so that is a little bit different.

Yeah, good point! I retract my earlier statement

 

[SpaceCDT]

Speaking of Which, my dear MotherinLaw just posted this to her wall - it's quite obviously for my benefit:

I responded with this:

A little juvenile I'm sure, but I couldn't resist

 

[ShootMyMonkey]

In my case, I'm married to a sort of not-so-strictly-religious person who is, nonetheless, a firm creationist. Between her and her family, though, she's one who hasn't put much thought into it, but argues about it at the level of a 9-year-old child and she's the one who gets hyper-emotional whenever I bring it up. It's funny because, on matters of science (and especially organic chemistry), she's actually quite knowledgeable... but on matters of belief, she takes the position of the child. I'm working on my rationalist manifesto book, and because it's so anti-theism, she doesn't mince her words in saying that she prays for my failure on that project.

By contrast, her family which is mostly die-hard creationists as well, when they hear my arguments, by in large agree that I'm right. Even if I argue the point with her in front of them, she tends to be the only one who fights, while her family, though they're believers, accept that I've made sound points that she can't refute.

 

[Salphen]

My exwife is a creationist. We married while I was a 'don't give a shit' agnostic. Southern Baptist family, with creepy molestation stories by uncles and older brothers that I got to hear mid-divorce. Divorce happened after I found her cheating on me with my best friend at the time. And throughout the marriage I was derided for 'not believing with my whole heart' by her family, which meant I was a bad person. Irony?

Current wife is an in-your-face bitch with the whole world. And I love it. Nobody wonders where they stand with her, somebody comes to the door to witness, she tells them they're full of shit. At length. I think her older brother and myself are prettymuch the only people she's consistently nice to. Besides little kids who're moderately well behaved.

So, no. I tried dating/marrying a creationist. Didn't work out so well. I find they expect God to take care of all the problems, rather than putting forth any effort themselves.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

No. Couldn't date someone whose intellect I don't respect. I don't respect the intellect of creationists. Been there, done that.

 

[Inferno]

I couldn't date a creationist (I've never met a smart creationist who actually stayed a creationist. I mean hell, it's in the job description of creationists to be dumb...) because like a few others have mentioned, I like my girls smart. I'd also be unable to because I'd have to fear for the sanity of my children.

I'd also (most probably) not be able to date someone who's highly religious. (One time church = You're out! :lol: ) A little religion is OK, but there's this arbitrary line I draw.

 

[televator]

Someone who CONTINUES to be a creationist despite all evidence presented? No. Definitely not. Maybe someone who believes evolution is god's plan perhaps.... but I know I'd probably grate on her after a while.

 

[Memeticemetic]

See, this is a great thread. I know plenty of skeptics like us who will say matter-of-factly that we don't judge or shun people based on their beliefs. But we do. Like anyone else does, and maybe more than many believers. I don't happen to think this is a bad thing at all, especially in a choice of partner. It's foolish to choose to spend a great deal of time with, let alone marry, someone who has such a divergent belief structure from your own that conflict is essentially guaranteed. I tend to be an insufferable, pedantic jerk anyway (hard to tell, I know) so there's pretty much no way in hell that I could date a creationist; I'd spend all my time trying to bring her to reason. Not exactly an endeavor that is conducive to romance.

 

[Zoten001]

I could not date a creationist either. It would be far to much of a headache and a major strain on the relationship, because one of us would constantly be trying to convince the other our respective positions where correct....

 

[barboft]

...could you?

Only a bigot would have a problem with it.

 

[Laurens]

Call me a bigot if you want Mr, but:

A. I think the issue of religion would cause too many unnecessary arguments
B. I would want to date someone with similar interests to myself
C. I wouldn't want to wait until we got married to have sex :lol:
D. I doubt that a fundie creotard would want to date an atheist

EDIT

E. I don't want to be with someone who loves a dead guy from Nazareth more than they love me