• Acid_Burn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 days ago

    It was called Missionary Dating when I was growing up in an incredibly religious family. The goal was to date a non-christian so you could convert them. Then you would be “equally yoked” before you got hitched. No joke.

    • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uk
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      8 days ago

      Yeah, that’s stupid and wasting time. I wouldn’t say it’s sinful to date non Christians, but it’s definitely sinful to marry them. Therefore missionary dating is a gamble. Ironically, I have heard of guys who converted, and the first time they went to Church was because they knew a girl they had a crush on had the requirement that they were Christians, so they gave it a chance. But they weren’t missionary dating, it was moreso them being led into church by having a crush on a parishoner, lol.