Warriors Of Peace

to date someone who is not a Christian?

Hmmm... it depends on what exactly they are like. If they are bashing christians, and God all the time, then no. It's not good at all. But if they are o.k. with God, and all that, but they just don't practice the religion... then I suppose it's o.k. Sad that they won't be with you in the afterlife, but ok I suppose. I'd say if you can help it, don't date them, but if it's something you can't pull yourself out of because you love them, and they are a good person, then there is nothing that could be done even if it is wrong.

what about having children?

Same as above... it will most likely only cause problems in how the kid thinks, and they won't know what to belieive (if your spouse fights you on it). So again, I think it's best to try not to, but if you can't help it, you can't help it.

how can you not help it?

Well if you fall in love with someone, something like religious differences won't make you fall out of it. So I'm saying it's most likely best to try and avoid developing feelings for a non-christian if you can help it (it will save you a lot of heartache, and most likely a lot of fighting), but if you find yourself falling in love with a non, I don't think you can really help it. As for biblical stance on this, I don't know what the bible says about it.

i says heard that the Bible said no

I have yet to know why people say that the Bible says no, when I can see clearly for my own eyes in either 1 or 2 Corinthians that Paul talks about how your marriage sanctifies the person that you marry for your children's sake. I think it's perfectly fine to date a non-believer. For goodness sakes, my dad married a non-believer (not knowing that she was a non-believer, though. long story.). I dated a non-believer...it wasn't a bad experience I guess; and the reason that we broke up wasn't over a difference of religion. He was perfectly fine with Christianity...he just wanted to pick and choose out of the Bible. Which is wrong, I know...and also why I didn't think that he was a Christian [although he will argue you tooth and nail on a definition of a Christian].