Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hammer@sp29.csrd.uiuc.edu (David Hammerslag) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Should Christians date Non-Christians Message-ID: Date: 24 Dec 90 08:28:52 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Illinois Center for Supercomputing Research and Development Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , jmoon@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu (Jonggu Moon [890911]) writes: > >I mean should Christians DATE ( whatever that means ) non-Christians ? > >Don't tell me to "pray and God will help you resist temptation" because >sometimes God sees it fit to allow some to compromise their faith for >the sake of their SO. > When my wife and I started to date, she was a Christian and I was not. Now we are Christians together. While I can't say that I wouldn't have become a Christian without her influence, neither can I say that I would have. One side note: she did not "compromise" her faith, instead she helped dispell my notion that Christian == hypocrite. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hammerslag | Keep an open mind, but not so open that people hammer@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu | throw garbage in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------