Re: What would you do if your partner was an Atheist?
one of my first conditions when I was looking for a potential was that he's a practising Muslim (fair headed and not going OTT on either extreme) But the practising Muslim was a must for me. Coz Islamically I couldn't marry an atheist or anybody who wasn't Muslim.
It's very important to have a spouse who's like minded spiritually or even more spiritual/religious than you. That way your spirituality would keep blossoming and you wouldn't lose faith easily coz there would always be someone to pull you back on the ground :)
I am guilty of pushing my views on my hubby initially but that’s only because I was trying to make him see things from my perspective and he was trying to understand me. Religion was never the center of our problems. As a matter of fact, I didn’t completely denounce religion/God until a few years ago. So all of this happened while we were still together. He’s an extremely calm person, he collects his thoughts before he says anything. We see eye to eye on most things now. As for our future kids, I won’t let anyone brainwash my children. They will learn about God and all religions when they are old enough to understand the concept and I and hubby both agree on this.
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I am unable to understand what you mean when you say people do not see the things from my perspective . This is called apathy and does not work when it comes to religious beliefs , you either believe or you don’t.
If someone has been on both sides of the debate that person can understand both perspectives , but if someone never put foot on the other side they cannot see things from other side’s perspective.
And since you do not believe in God/Allah why do you want your kids to learn about something which does not exist ?
It means you are yourself confused about existence of God/Allah.
Re: What would you do if your partner was an Atheist?
I'll just be honest and say I struggle with religion too and do consider myself an atheist. Not gonna get into my beliefs but as far as my relationship with my SO, I was honest about it from day one and he, being religious, told me not to worry and that he'll help me figure things out and how we'd work together. He knows I would never push my views on him, he is the only person to know that I'm an Atheist, and he knows I will never push it on our kids either because I do want my kids to be good muslims b/c I really like the conviction a good religious person has.
He was worried at first regarding how it would be if his family knew but this was in the early stages. He knows I dont share this with anyone except him, and that I want our kids to have Islam in their lives. Either way, he loves me like mad nonetheless and that's that. He wanted me to start praying once a day whenever I felt like doing so and he agreed to quit smoking and that's how things have been since.
Re: What would you do if your partner was an Atheist?
^No, it means she isn't pushing her views on her kids and is going to let them understand before they make their own decision.
I am sorry you misunderstood my post was not intended for you , I asked a direct question to Theorist and from what I have seen she is not short on words and she can post her reply herself.
Sorry for misunderstanding. Miss M, my bad, I should have been more clear when I posted my reply. I will be more careful next time.
Re: What would you do if your partner was an Atheist?
I'll just be honest and say I struggle with religion too and do consider myself an atheist. Not gonna get into my beliefs but as far as my relationship with my SO, I was honest about it from day one and he, being religious, told me not to worry and that he'll help me figure things out and how we'd work together. He knows I would never push my views on him, he is the only person to know that I'm an Atheist, and he knows I will never push it on our kids either because I do want my kids to be good muslims b/c I really like the conviction a good religious person has.
He was worried at first regarding how it would be if his family knew but this was in the early stages. He knows I dont share this with anyone except him, and that I want our kids to have Islam in their lives. Either way, he loves me like mad nonetheless and that's that. He wanted me to start praying once a day whenever I felt like doing so and he agreed to quit smoking and that's how things have been since.
Re: What would you do if your partner was an Atheist?
I am sorry you misunderstood my post was not intended for you , I asked a direct question to Theorist and from what I have seen she is not short on words and she can post her reply herself.
Sorry for misunderstanding. Miss M, my bad, I should have been more clear when I posted my reply. I will be more careful next time.
Uh, I understand it wasn't meant for me but I was just clarifying what she meant b/c I have a good feeling I understood it. #whysoserious?
Re: What would you do if your partner was an Atheist?
Does't that invalidate my marriage if I'm a Muslim and my husband isn't. Religion makes the choice for me.
YES...the marriage is automatically annulled because Islam does NOT allow women to marry outside the Islamic faith.
