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Atheism & Relationships

  • 14-11-2011 9:48am
    #1
    Boo!!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭Boo!!


    As an atheist could you have blind faith in other people or is it a case of others having to prove themselves to you first?
    Just curious as my ex is atheist & had none in me whatsoever, despite having no reason to doubt me. I didn't think it was very fair & kind of doomed us from the start!


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  • #2
    Ada Proud Block
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Ada Proud Block


    i dont think this has anything whatsoever to do with atheism


  • #3
    sephir0th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭sephir0th


    Blind faith is belief without evidence. The words you are looking for is trust and confidence in another person - which incidentally are built from evidence, even if it is not explicit.


  • #4
    UDP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭UDP


    Boo!! wrote: »
    As an atheist could you have blind faith in other people or is it a case of others having to prove themselves to you first?
    Just curious as my ex is atheist & had none in me whatsoever, despite having no reason to doubt me. I didn't think it was very fair & kind of doomed us from the start!
    Nothing to do with Atheism. Do you mean he didn't trust you? If so, then that is to do with his insecurities rather than anything to do with you.


  • #5
    Standman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Standman


    That's a bit like asking if as a religious person do you only have faith in in people you have never met or seen but have been told since you are a kid how great they are and that you should worship them.


  • #6
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    UDP wrote: »
    Nothing to do with Atheism. Do you mean he didn't trust you? If so, then that is to do with his insecurities rather than anything to do with you.

    It could have been to do with her. But reiterating that athiesm doesnt come into it


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  • #7
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    I'd only have faith in someone doing the right thing if I had reason to. However, if that person asked me to have faith in them unless they had a terrible track record I probably would. That would be enough.

    If I knew nothing about that person, I might simply hope they would do the right thing.


  • #8
    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    Boo!! wrote: »
    As an atheist could you have blind faith in other people or is it a case of others having to prove themselves to you first?
    Just curious as my ex is atheist & had none in me whatsoever, despite having no reason to doubt me. I didn't think it was very fair & kind of doomed us from the start!

    In what way did she not have any faith in you?

    Or to put it another way why would it be "blind faith" in you? Has she never met you? Was this an Internet relationship?


  • #9
    Delirium
    Moderators Posts: 51,922 ✭✭✭✭Delirium


    The OP has closed their account, so not much point in directing questions to them ;)

    If you can read this, you're too close!



  • #10
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    ^^ Good spot.

    Had all the hall-marks of a hit & run thread, anyway.


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