I tried, it didnt worked at all. Using fairytales as a cover for own decisions is just weird

What could be so wrong about dating a believer? 16 years later we are best friends.

I honestly don't care how religious my partners are, as long as they're fine with my open atheism, and don't expect that we'll ever debate the subject. My ex is a believer, raised Catholic, Mary and all that, and we never had an issue with it in 19 years. She knew I thought it was stupid, and we never discussed it much, unless priests were in the news or whatever.

Run.

....to be fair, I've tried, excessively. You're always 'lost' to a degree; the slowly rising to an issue is in what's bluntly talked about or not, and so long as you disbelieve (and the believer believes) you both know where the believer thinks you're headed. That's a near impossible place to build intimacy from, where instead, what's found is pity, fear, and resentment.

I couldn’t. I feel like a real believer doesn’t exist in the same reality I do- but a lazy believer makes me think they lack conviction. ?

I couldn’t. I feel like a real believer doesn’t exist in the same reality I do- but a lazy believer makes me think they lack conviction. ?

I can be friends with believers.But when it comes to a more intimate relationship, it has to be a nonbeliever. If I'm going to be around someone that much and that closely, the subject will come up and I'd rather be on the same page on that subject.