Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Should Christians date Non-Christians Message-ID: Date: 24 Dec 90 09:10:28 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: WINCO Computer Engineering, INEL, Idaho Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu jmoon@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu (Jonggu Moon [890911]) writes: >There has been a hot debate over hear about this topic. >I'm not talking about whether Christians should MARRY non-Christians. >That's been talked to death. And I'm not talking about the friendly-platonic >type of date. I'm talking about dating for the purpose of romance. > >I mean should Christians DATE ( whatever that means ) non-Christians ? Well, most marriages that I know of started with dates. >sometimes God sees it fit to allow some to compromise their faith for >the sake of their SO. Should you really compromise your faith *willfully* (which is what you seem to be saying you'd be doing if you dated a non-Christian). I'd say play it safe and only date Christians. (Some of us are actually worth marrying, you know. Just ask my wife. :^) ) -- Geoff Allen \ Since we live by the Spirit, uunet!pmafire!geoff \ let us keep in step with the Spirit. geoff@pmafire.inel.gov \ -- Gal. 5:25 (NIV)