I wouldn’t. They creep me out.
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Gosh… imagine all the millions of devout Christians sobbing, bawling their little eyes out that they’ll never get to date Balzac…
Good question. Usually when I find out a girl is religious, I think to myself, “Hmm… I wonder how religious is she.” I think of this because I usually associate highly religious girls as the girls who probably won’t go down on me nor have sex until they break my will but then i wouldn’t have a strong a desire to have sex with them at that point and then I would be sad.
You are going to hell, so it’s better for the girl if you leave her alone.
I have dated and would date spiritual persons again. But probably not a “religious” (dogmatic) person.
Well, I think I speak on behalf of religious women when I say that it’s fine, really, for you guys, Balzac and DPR, to stay away from us.
Far, far away.
No, a little farther than that.
Yes, thank you. 
Religious? Sure. But they would have to be comfortable with the fact that while I am spiritual, and believe a lot of the teachings of eastern thought, I am not religious. And anyone who preaches hate in the name of God would be gone like the wind. But ::shrug:: that’s just me.
I would not date someone religious, because I am pretty anti-religion. You could try to overlook it for a while, but eventually it would interfere with the relationship.
I won’t date anyone, period. How’s THAT?
Eve, the sound of bodies hitting the water beneath the Brooklyn Bridge is deafening. Please reconsider. 
Depends on what she looks like in a bikini and how good the sex was… Ummm, I mean… no way!
Besides, my wife would kill me.
Add another to the list.
::jumping over the siderail::
Oh, PL and Mr. C. . . . I won’t date anyone because I know they could never measure up to YOU, so I have given up!
Howzzat?
Hey, Eve!
I’ll meet you at the Malt Shoppe after the last class, okay? We can share a root-beer float and take in the double-feature at the Bijou. It’s a pair of Randolph Scotts today!
Kin I carry your books home?
As a Christian, I would only ever consider dating someone who was strong in her faith. And, if someone were strong in their faith, no matter what it is, why would they want to date someone outside of that faith? I know that Christians, for instance, are urged not to be unequally yoked with an unbeliever…
But, then again, faith and religion are different animals. Billions of people across the world are religious in some sense of the word. Religion is, simply, what you do. If you have coffee every morning, then you are religious in that.
Having faith means more than just taking yourself to a worship place or simply believing in a higer being (or beings as some would do).
I’m sorry, Ike . . . How can I tell you this? But Mummy won’t let me date a Taoist.
[runs sobbing into her room, slams door, puts sad Fabian song on record player]
Do you mean someone who is overtly religious? In that case probably not. I prefer having sex by the second date, and tend to think the religious ones might have an objection to that.
As long as they keep their beliefs to themselves and do not try to convert me, sure. As long as they aren’t Jehovah Witnesses, those types are too gung ho for me.
I’m gonna treat this as a serious question and answer it seriously–don’t ask me why. Merely being religious, as in believing in a religion–or even formally practicing that religion–would not disqualify a woman from my list. But I’m an agnostic, and I insist on my right to be so without harrassment–failing to respect that would be a disqualification. (Not that I can see why that sort would want anything to do with me in the first place–it would no doubt be a joint disqualification.)
HEY!! I’m religious and I’d date a religious girl. I’m not a fanatic either, nor would I choose to date a fanatic because I find Bible thumpers annoying, boring and often restrictive.
However, I have my own definition of the Christian religion which I developed and hold dear to. I drink, smoke, fornicate (at every chance), swear and speak my piece, yet I still have values and beliefs based on religion. Having a brain, I fully understood that the Bible was written by humans and humans have this ability to get all fired up and ‘exaggerate’ things, make mistakes or embellish. They also, especially at the time of the writing of the Bible and the founding of the Christian religion, include the moral values and social regulations they believed in. (Remember, back then, men were the main people, women and children were property. No pain medications meant that the average person got used to a lot of pain if injured or ill so they learned to be tough. The average person might know only their own village and maybe 5 miles around it. Period. They had less real education than a first grader of today.) I go to no set church but I feel better if a girl I date has some form of religious belief.
I dislike people who seem unable to talk about anything but the Bible, tend to avoid those who seem to feel that because of their religion they cannot have any fun, cannot dress in any way except like out of the 1800s, consider booze worse than poison and must read the Bible every day. When they let religious beliefs get in the way of modern medicine I get furious. When they let religion close down their ability to have open minds, I also get pissed.
That’s why I like to find girls who, like myself, have a religious upbringing but have formed their own beliefs and don’t demand that they got to church every Sunday.
Now, lets have a beer, tell me about the best porn flick you’ve rented and pass me that ashtray.