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My husband is so close to converting!

Posted 03/12/2013
The other day I was driving and my husband was sitting in the back seat with our baby. I'm not sure why but I asked him if he still believes in god. He didn't answer for a while so I asked if he heard me. Then he said "I'm thinking." I'm not sure why but this made me feel a little satisfied. I don't need him to believe as I do to love him as long as he respects my position (and he always has) but the thought of us being in agreeance on this made me feel... understood. Eventually he did say "I think so..." Then I asked "so Jesus is your personal savior and all that?" He said he guesses so. While he may still be trying to lean towards faith the fact that he doesn't firmly believe makes me feel comforted, somehow.

Background: Though I've been agnostic for as long as I can remember he was raised catholic and then later became a Christian because Christian church was "more fun." Then he stopped going to church after high school but still believed in god and Jesus and all that. We've agreed to teach our son about religions but to allow him to choose his own feelings on the matter. Being married for awhile now and leading a happy life together without putting any thought to god or faith has been nice. To have a decent life and appreciate it but not have to attribute it to some potentially irrelevant third party I think helps a lot.

Is anyone at odds with their SO when it comes to religion? Does it get in the way, or is there an understood respect?

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Posted 03/12/2013
My relationship with DH is basically the same. DH snow says he doesn't really care one way or another and we'll never know for sure so it doesn't matter. So he's basically agnostic but he doesn't like labels....


'I don't want to cut anyone, but I could go for some vagina chopping' - Manapee

Posted 03/13/2013
My husband was confused for years until he started reading Richard Dawkins. He also works with a ton of atheists and agnostics ( lots of PhDs in math and science). I finally feel like we can connect on every level because now he says he is agnostic. I'm a full blown atheist and only believe in teaching religions in so far as I can help my daughters navigate and understand history and social interactions.

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