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Comment by Orson_Zedd on November 30, 2009 at 9:43am

Maybe, Ecce, but that isn't to say it's a bad idea to weigh atheism as a beneficial quality when you're dating someone.

Comment by Dallas (on hiatus) on November 29, 2009 at 6:02pm

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Comment by Sean on November 29, 2009 at 5:38pm

My ex-wife was very religious. It was a very relaxing 3 hours for me to sit on the couch or look at porn.

Comment by Jared Lardo on November 29, 2009 at 3:52pm

Myself, I know I couldn't have a relationship with anyone any more religious than the American standard archetype of an atheist in practice and a deist in discussion. Even then, my potent attitude of ridicule would result in a pretty ugly breakup unless I managed to get her off the fence and onto my side.

So, yeah, that kinda makes my new pick-up line "Are you an atheist?"

Comment by John Grow on November 29, 2009 at 2:39pm

Agreed, but the degree to which a Christian can put that aside determines how conservative they really are. Love is funny though. It is possible, I agree. I just wonder about all the cognitive dissonance involved.

Comment by John Grow on November 28, 2009 at 9:46pm

Ecce: It is totally possible for someone who is not religious, and a super conservative christian to get along perfectly well.

I daresay a combination that extreme in polarity might not last. Especially when one party believes the other is doomed to go to hell if they do not "repent."

Plus, the superiority complexes on both sides will not make for extra harmony. ;-)

Comment by John Grow on November 28, 2009 at 6:41pm

Funny you should mention cancer patient. The author of Bright-Sided is a writer with a background in cell biology who had a bout with breast cancer. It figures into the book.

Comment by Jo Jerome on November 28, 2009 at 6:34pm

I mean even the most hardened of Western doctors will agree; all other things being equal, the cancer patient with a positive, fighter attitude will generally do better than the one with the negative, defeatist attitude.

When it gets dangerous is when the New Agers start replacing - rather than supplementing - real treatments for "Wish your troubles away."

I have a sister who's very into that. Everything wrong in my life is because I just don't think happy enough. Of course, ask her why her own life is fucked up and you'll get a paranoid diatribe of how-dare-you-turn-this-on-me, but...

Comment by Jo Jerome on November 28, 2009 at 6:31pm

Being surrounded by quite a bit of New Age, it's mind-boggling how many ways people can take the very good (and legitimate) advice of "Live well, think positive," and market it as a magical cure-all that can be yours for just a few hundred/thousand dollars...

Comment by John Grow on November 28, 2009 at 3:12pm

Dallas: This book has been recommended to me several times:

Add another recommendation. A great book. An interesting look into positive psychology, a glimpse at the megachurch movement, and how we're still not far enough from the poison of John Calvin.

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