Does your religion help or hinder your dating efforts?


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Do you find that your religion presents you with dating opportunities (by virtue of social events, etc. at your church or synagogue) or does it impair your dating abilities (because of difficulty in finding someone of similar faith, etc.)?
 
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I suppose you could look at religion like it were just another social club.

You hang out with the club with other people who share the club's focus. Single folks find each other, and, voila, relationships are born. And even if your devotion is more serious, this still holds true because you'll be hanging out with folks who share that level of devotion. That is, however much your religion colours your world view, you'll be finding like-minded folks in that religious setting.

Judging another's sincerity can be tricky, and important for long term relationships. The problem to watch out for, mostly for women, is guys who prey on the religious, who are also often innocent or naive. I've never seen it the other way around, unless you count "money" as a religion...
 
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Great question! I think it depends on your religion. I'm Catholic but I really envy my friends who are other denominations with a more social aspect and less structure. I don't envy them enough to switch religions, I'm way too devout of a Catholic for that.
 
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I am a Unitarian Universalist. I find I am pretty much religion-compatible with all non-fundamental Protestant Christians, social Catholics (not practicing), reform Judaism, non-secular believers, and all who consider themselves to be "spiritual but not religious."

That's a wide swath of the American religious landscape. My profile says "fundamentalists need not apply." I haven't had any problems whatsoever in finding like-minded people to date.
 
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Hinders; as a secular humanist in a very traditionally religious, home-of-the-mega-church city, my beliefs can be quite a roadblock. "You don't go to church?" is often voiced with shock and dismay, or followed by an immediate poof.
 
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