
But he believes I am wrong for putting God before him! I told him I would put him (my boyfriend) first before anyone but I will never give my soul up for him or anyone. We have talked about marriage and moving at a slow place.

“I’ve been dating this guy for over a year,” she said on Should You Date Someone Who Has Different Religious Beliefs? “He claims to be Catholic and I’m scared because I am a Christian. She’s struggling with how his beliefs are affecting her and their relationship. He’s not quite a non Christian in fact he’s more of a “non Christian” who believes in God but doesn’t actually follow Jesus. I wrote this article for a reader who asked if she should date a man who doesn’t share her faith. Make sure that those qualities are also present in the person you are falling in love with.” You would want your best friends to be honest, faithful, deep, spiritual, responsible, connecting, growing, loving, and the like.

And that, long-term, requires character, and in the deepest of friendships, shared values as well. “Hanging out” is fulfilling in and of itself. That is the one true measure of a friend, a person with whom you like to spend time, having no regard to how you are spending it. And as important as all of that, see if that person is a person that you would like spending time with if there were no romance at all. See if you find that he or she is a person of the kind of character you would trust as a friend. Only believe your experience of getting to know a person and seeing if you can share at a deep level. “Certainly you might find yourself having all sorts of feelings. These nine dating tips for Christian women will help you handle your relationship with a non Christian man who doesn’t believe in God.įirst, here’s some excellent dating advice from a Christian psychologist and author of the Boundaries series of books: “If you do not allow yourself to rush into falling for someone that you have not become friends with first, you will be more sure when you let yourself go to the next step,” writes Dr Henry Cloud in In Boundaries in Dating: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships. Should you date a man – or stay with a boyfriend – who doesn’t believe in God? Or maybe he’s a “non Christian” (a man who says he believes but doesn’t live in faith).
