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Originally posted by honeychile
Ah, but you didn't grow up with a much older brother becoming a pastor and having you memorized large passages of the Bible in both English & Hebrew! Trust me, it's a mixed blessing!
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No, but her boyfriend did have a father that was, you know, a pastor in a pretty strict denomination (typo: "demonization," LOL), so I imagine that it might be a little similar.
Honestly, being willing to date someone outside of your religion has NOTHING to do with the "intensity" you feel for your religion. GP is far more intense about her religion than anybody else I know. What it does have to do with is your tolerance for viewpoints other than your own. A Christian fundie would never date me, but I've dated Christians before, some of them who were pretty intense about their faith -- they just had a far different interpretation of it than any fundamentalist would.
For the record, considering that I belong to no particular domination of any church and there are maybe three people on earth who hold the same viewpoints as I do . . . I damn well better be willing to date outside of my faith.