I am, though not exclusively. We haven't discussed it in any detail, but some things he's said make it fairly clear that he's a believer. It's been a non-issue so far, and I don't see it becoming one any time soon. I think the problems arise when one or both parties try to convert their partner to their way of thinking.

My (long term) ex was a spiritualist. She watched all of the spooky 'ghost hunter' shows. She went to see Derek Acorah (quite a well known spiritual medium, here in the UK) more than once. She knew I didn't believe any of it, but didn't try to convince me that I should. I didn't try to talk her out of believing it. It never became an issue (though plenty of other things did.)

In some ways, I'm envious of people who do have religion. They get to face death believing they're going somewhere better. I get to face it, believing that I'll just cease to exist. I wouldn't want to talk anyone out of believing that they go to heaven when they die. I don't feel I have the right to take that away from them.

My ex is catholic and never pressured me to attend church with her nor did she despair about my beliefs (we broke up because the spark was gone, more than anything). We often discussed it but it was never beligerent or mean.

I wouldn't say it can't happen, but the odds are stacked highly against it working if it did happen. I can't expect someone to change for me, and I am surely not going back down the brainwashed path.

I avoid it when I can see it plainly on front of me, but I remain open to dating those with religious beliefs. I was in a relationship with a Baptist for 5 months and our difference in beliefs was talked about at the very beginning. I made the mistake of thinking she wouldn't care and she thought, hoped, and prayed that I would "see the light", so to speak. She tried to use her life as proof of god's existence.

Needless to say, it was the cause of our breakup as she wanted a man that shared her views and would help raise a god fearing family. There were no other issues in our relationship other than that.

My Ex was more catholic than the Pope . It was the cause of our parting of the ways .

I won't again. I have to deal with them in my family, work, most social interactions so I am unwilling to deal with it in a significant other.

In my experience, they say don't care but they just can't help themselves in that they must try to convert me. I've dealt with conversations that start with "I know you don't believe" that immediately launch into why they do along with the ridiculous "I will pray for you" etc.

Or they complain about how their family is hassling them for my failure to go to church but what really irks me is the passive agrressive digs at me intended to shame me into converting.

As I said, I deal with it in regular life but I won't deal with it in a partner

it probably wouldnt end well

Why? You appear to have 'been there, and done that' ... so don't you long for rapport and like-minded conversation? Compatibility and companionship would rate high on my priority list, were I to re-enter the dating scene.

I think it depends on how religious the person is. There are only certain levels of crazy that I can handle.