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Can an agnostic and an atheist marry?

In the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen says his marriage ended "for religious differences. She was an atheist and I was an agnostic."

Is it just a joke or can the two find happiness?

LukeJWalker 4 Feb 4
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It would could work,

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What about the rest of the joke? "They couldn't agree on what religion not to bring their kids up in." 🙂

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Religion is so unimportant to me, I hardly ever discuss it. I couldn't be with a fanatic, no matter what they believe.

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Why not?

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Maybe..if they both agree that the marriage May exist.

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There's no inherent problem.

My late prior wife was a Methodist and I deconverted during our marriage. It didn't impact anything because I wasn't a dick about it, and our relationship was in no way based on shared religious traditions or beliefs. It was based on mutual respect and a bunch of shared interests that weren't tangled up with religion.

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I'm agnostic and was married 33 years to an atheist, and our differences that led to divorce had nothing to do with religion.

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A better question would be can an agnostic/atheist person have a solid relationship with a religious person and frankly that would be a pain in the ass we tend towards logic and religious people have lazy minds they would rather be told what to believe than actually think

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I think the terms are used wrong. look at the greek . A theist actually means no trust for the church not a lack of accepting the possibility of god and a gnostic is a gnosis simple meaning that I confess I can't know the truth of this and I won't damned well pretend I do. given the correct definitions yes I can't see why not. Atheists and agnostics with the correct definition are really the same people

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Actually if it's the right person, it wouldn't make a difference what the beliefs are. Apparently the love was not there to begin with.

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A Roman Catholic and a Jewish person? My brother and SIL have been happily married for decades. Anything is possible if the two parties are reasonable, One of their two kids is Atheist. 😉 (I'm the cool Auntie!).

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It's up to the individuals involved. There are no absolute "rules".

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I don't see why not. Every relationship is nothing but a long and tedious series of compromise and negotiations. If they find enough in one another to compromise about faith then hey more power to them.

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I don't see why not. Every relationship is nothing but a long and tedious series of compromise and negotiations. If they find enough in one another to compromise about faith then hey more power to them.

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I'd agree to tie the knot if she'd agree to see reason.
Jk.
I'd never marry anyone. I don't believe in legally tying two lives together in such a way.

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if their moms say so

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The best analogy to the question I can think of is: "Can a non-christian mary a non-protestant?" The two titles tell very little about the couples compatibility.

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Love should trump levels of disbelief.

@AMGT Can't confirm or deny... and then again maybe that is why I am not married.

@MrLizard I had second thoughts... I should had follow my instincts instead. My Bad.

@AMGT I admit to have faith in love... but I love with my mind rather than with my heart so... my mind has this cutoff switch... very effective I may say.

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