Can an atheist and a practicing religious person

Originally posted by Suzianne

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as Go ...[text shortened]... What about Christian and Muslim? Christian and Hindu? Are we still living in the time of Paul?

2 Corinthians 6:14 "Be not--Greek, "Become not." unequally yoked--"yoked with one alien in spirit." The image is from the symbolical precept of the law ( Leviticus 19:19 ), "Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind"; or the precept ( Deuteronomy 22:10 ), "Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together." Compare Deuteronomy 7:3 , forbidding marriages with the heathen; also 1 Corinthians 7:39 . The believer and unbeliever are utterly heterogeneous. Too close intercourse with unbelievers in other relations also is included (2 Corinthians 6:16, 1 Corinthians 8:10, 10:14).

fellowship--literally, "share," or "participation." righteousness--the state of the believer, justified by faith. unrighteousness--rather, as always translated elsewhere, "iniquity"; the state of the unbeliever, the fruit of unbelief. light--of which believers are the children (1 Thessalonians 5:5)

http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/jamieson-fausset-brown/2-corinthians/2-corinthians-6.html

Human Beings are born dichotomous (body and soul); at the moment of belief in Christ [salvation], the Holy Spirit imputes a Human Spirit with the permanent result of a "new creature [creation] in Christ": a trichotomous being with body, soul and spirit. It is the Human Spirit which has the capacity and is able to discern spiritual truths taught from the Word of God.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
2 Corinthians 6:14 "Be not--Greek, [b]"Become not." unequally yoked--"yoked with one alien in spirit." The image is from the symbolical precept of the law ( Leviticus 19:19 ), "Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind"; or the precept ( Deuteronomy 22:10 ), "Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together." Compare Deuteronomy 7 ...[text shortened]... irit which has the capacity and is able to discern spiritual truths taught from the Word of God.[/b]

You continually state as fact that which is not only unproven but known
to be false.

Also, You still have not learned to produce posts that are clear, coherent,
and make their point clear.

Originally posted by Trev33
Have a happy and successful relationship?

My question is why not?

Originally posted by googlefudge

You continually state as fact that which is not only unproven but known
to be false.

Also, You still have not learned to produce posts that are clear, coherent,
and make their point clear.

1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 is an aside from the discussion on division dealing with the issue of the message of Christianity and how it relates to the issue of division. If we more greatly focus on the message, we will have less focus on divisions. The Holy Spirit radically distinguishes the wisdom of men against the wisdom of God.

Greeks formed their culture around philosophy. They had scores of countervailing philosophies. Above all, they were in love with wisdom. Their ultimate view of life revolved around philosophy (love of wisdom). This gave them certainty, meaning, and purpose. A plurality of viewpoints pervaded Corinth none of which provided an absolute view of truth. Some Greek believers passed their viewpoints into the church. This desire to add human wisdom to truth caused schism in the Corinthian church. Their central problem was the dislocation of Scripture as the central focus of viewpoint. Christians cannot permit themselves to divide over human viewpoints.

The section running from 1:18-2:16 shows that the message was not exclusively for the intellectual (1:18-25) for few intellectuals are believers (1:26-31). Paul used the simple gospel to reach people (2:1-5). God’s wisdom comes by revelation, inspiration, and illumination (2:6-16).

For: The word “for” indicates the reason Paul did not come in the wisdom of words. Wisdom would ruin the content of the message. This is why there are two reactions to the cross. The cross always offends pluralism because its message is mutually exclusive.

The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing: The word “message” means the content (revelation) of the cross, not the act of preaching the cross. The word translated “message” is literally the word. It is the plan that Christ would die for our sins that is foolishness to the non-Christian. God’s wisdom is the only true wisdom. The word “wisdom” occurs 13 times in 1:18 through chapter 3. The Holy Spirit sets divine wisdom over against human wisdom.

The first reaction to the cross is that it is “foolishness.” The cross was foolishness because the cross in the Roman Empire was the lowliest form of punishment a person could undergo. Those who are in the process of perishing use human wisdom to appeal to human wisdom. There is nothing supernatural in it.

“Those who are perishing” are those in the process of going to hell. The idea behind “perishing” is loss of well-being, not of being. The word does not carry the idea of extinction but the idea is more qualitative, not quantitative.

Paul met a diversity of viewpoints when he came to Athens (Ac 17:18-21). When they heard of the resurrection, they sneered (17:32). The natural mind views the cross as unacceptable. Paul determined to know nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified when he came to Corinth (2:2). Paul did not accommodate truth to meet their need. They did not need one more opinion. The supernatural power of the cross would countervail human viewpoint."

http://versebyversecommentary.com/1-corinthians/1-corinthians-118/

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 is an aside from the discussion on division dealing with the issue of the message of Christianity and how it relates to the issue of division. If we more greatly focus on the ...[text shortened]... ntervail human viewpoint."

http://versebyversecommentary.com/1-corinthians/1-corinthians-118/[/b]

You continually state as fact that which is not only unproven but known
to be false.

Also, You still have not learned to produce posts that are clear, coherent,
and make their point clear.

Originally posted by googlefudge
You continually state as fact that which is not only unproven but known
to be false.

Also, You still have not learned to produce posts that are clear, coherent,
and make their point clear.

It is you that can not accept history, just because it is in the bible.

The New Testiment is just that, a testiment of those who witnessed what took place and all that was revieled to them. Yet you will not listen to stated and written testimony.

What then is the point of your arguement? Not even when those who lived it, leave there testimony. And we who choose to believe, are thier legicy.

Originally posted by Pudgenik
1. It is you that can not accept history, just because it is in the bible.

2. The New Testiment is just that, a testiment of those who witnessed what took place and all that was revieled to them. Yet you will not listen to stated and written testimony.

3. What then is the point of your arguement? Not even when those who lived it, leave there testimony. And we who choose to believe, are thier legicy.

1. History is built upon evidence; not just a book. Historians do not deal
with biblical fairy tales!

2. No it is not.Ever play "Chinese Whispers"?

3. Check your grammar & syntax.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
1. History is built upon evidence; not just a book. Historians do not deal
with biblical fairy tales!

2. No it is not.Ever play "Chinese Whispers"?

3. Check your grammar & syntax.

The Bible is considered a historical document. Whether you wish to believe it or not is my problem. It is a collected work of a number of authors.

Originally posted by Pudgenik
The Bible is considered a historical document. Whether you wish to believe it or not is my problem. It is a collected work of a number of authors.

The Bible is a historical document in the same way as the Qur'an, the Book of Mormon and the Vedas. Its moral and historical teachings should be given the same weight as those other books.

What the Bible says about the desirability of faith/atheist relationships is irrelevant to the question of whether such relationships can be successful. Here are two blogs posts that seem to indicate that it is possible:

http://alise-write.com/things-that-have-gone-missing-because-my-husband-is-an-atheist/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/01/01/an-atheist-and-a-christian-a-love-story/

So those two articles tell us that the answer to the OP is a simple Yes.

--- Penguin.

Originally posted by Penguin
The Bible is a historical document in the same way as the Qur'an, the Book of Mormon and the Vedas. Its moral and historical teachings should be given the same weight as those other books.

What the Bible says about the desirability of faith/atheist relationships is irrelevant to the question of whether such relationships can be successful. Here are two bl ...[text shortened]...
So those two articles tell us that the answer to the OP is a simple [b]Yes.

--- Penguin.[/b]

Good links. Worth reading.