By AtheistLookingforRoomie - 12/01/2017 22:00

Today, I had a meeting with a potential roommate to rent a 2/2 space and it was going well. We laughed, joked, and seemed to get along and want the same things. At the end of the conversation, however, he said he needed to "pray" about his decision to room with an atheist. This probably won't work out. FML
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hunt3009 16

So what? Unless he tries to push his religion on you, then I don't see much of a problem with that.

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RichardPencil 30

And he'll probably pay rent with notes that say "In God We Trust." Pushy bastard!

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luther48 20

So that's not entirely true. He could fear (reasonably so) that rooming with someone who doesn't share the same conviction in his religion would lead him down the "wrong path" and something he may not be comfortable with. I'm not talking crimes and such or implying anything on morals. I'm implying if he's shaky in his faith and doesn't want this decision to push him, that is reasonable (to a religious person). Peer pressure so to speak.

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Laura Kwasniewski 2

<p>I didn't room with a girl in grad school for this same reason, but then we became really good friends- even visiting each other across the country after graduation!</p>

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Nissi 17

<p>&nbsp;I don't see anything wrong with him praying on it. It's a big decision to make. You don't have the same beliefs, and he doesn't know if he'll have to put up with constant comments disrespecting his faith. I'm a Christian and I have plenty of friends with different religions-some are agnostic, some are atheists.&nbsp;I could room with any of them, so long as we had a mutual agreement to respect each other's beliefs and keep things mature, civil and polite.&nbsp;</p>

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DoomedGemini 37

Do being an atheist is automatically disrespecting their beliefs? There are plenty of atheists that don't give a shit about what you believe and don't make comments on it. If you need to "pray" about living with someone with different beliefs, sounds more like you're disrespecting their beliefs. If they have to pray over sharing spaces with someone with different beliefs, what else are they going to have to "pray" or complain about? I can't count how many times people have passive aggressively u

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Beautymarked 12

Grow a tolerance level, my god. As an atheist myself, I do see your point. That was a tad bit insulting, but that doesn't matter. That's between him and his god. He was polite about it, I presume? So just be thankful he wasn't one of those wack jobs who threw a cross at you on sight.

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