If it will become an issue, it is better addressed early.

I listen very carefully Before the first date, then pursue what they say.

My experience has been, the women who believe in God, but aren't religious and go to church, it has never come up. The ones that do go to church will let you know they do pretty early on and that is when l back off and they never know anyway.

Why not put it out there early? I want to know as soon as I'm thinking about an on-going relationship possibly. Isn't that one of the basics of learning about someone?

at first i was thinking, how come this never came up? how come this was never an issue? then i realized, the few blind dates/dating service dates i ever had went to badly, there never WAS a second date. anyone else i ever went out with was someone i knew, however well or not well, in another context, so we already at least knew a little about each other. if religion had been important to the other party, it would have come up and the date would not have happened. religionists don't stay in the closet!

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Life is short. As I believe a positive relationship should be based on mutual respect and honesty. As an atheist, I can not respect a person who bases their belief system on the dishonest premise that faith (belief without evidence) is a methodology to determine (Truth) things that are testable and demonstrated to be correct with evidence. I make it very clear I do not tolerate people that value faith over facts. Good to get that in the open before even contemplating going on a "date". Why waste your/their time?

didnt come up till my ex was pregnant wasnt a biggie i went along with baptism as it meant nothing to me but something to her neither tried to convert the other and all 3 kids are atheists due more to the fact we answered any questions about anything without resorting to denigrating the others beliefs