Imagine the scenario.
You meet someone. They are really attractive. They have a wonderful smile. You have a really great time with them and share very interesting conversations with them. They are successful. They are independent. And the sex is so good you catch yourself wondering if it should be illegal. For once in your life, you feel like you've found someone who finally understands you. They're perfect...
...Except, there is one problem. You learn that your partner has some very extreme and disagreeable beliefs.
Maybe they think the world is flat. Or that their pet cat is the reincarnation of a long-dead grandmother. Or you find them engaged in some kind of satanic ritual, or worshipping at the alter of a god you've never heard before. Or they think the Second World War should have ended differently. Or North Korea is the freest, happiest place on earth. Maybe they wave a Confederate Flag and think everyone should have slaves. Who doesn't want someone taking care of our every whim after all? Or maybe they want to offer up themselves as a human sacrifice to an ancient deity?
Whatever it is, it baffles and unsettles you. Yet, they smile at you and make you feel loved and you doubt yourself and wonder if you are just being ungrateful.
What do you do? Do you try to understand what they believe, reason with them persuade them out of it? Do you continue the relationship or end it?
You meet someone. They are really attractive. They have a wonderful smile. You have a really great time with them and share very interesting conversations with them. They are successful. They are independent. And the sex is so good you catch yourself wondering if it should be illegal. For once in your life, you feel like you've found someone who finally understands you. They're perfect...
...Except, there is one problem. You learn that your partner has some very extreme and disagreeable beliefs.
Maybe they think the world is flat. Or that their pet cat is the reincarnation of a long-dead grandmother. Or you find them engaged in some kind of satanic ritual, or worshipping at the alter of a god you've never heard before. Or they think the Second World War should have ended differently. Or North Korea is the freest, happiest place on earth. Maybe they wave a Confederate Flag and think everyone should have slaves. Who doesn't want someone taking care of our every whim after all? Or maybe they want to offer up themselves as a human sacrifice to an ancient deity?
Whatever it is, it baffles and unsettles you. Yet, they smile at you and make you feel loved and you doubt yourself and wonder if you are just being ungrateful.
What do you do? Do you try to understand what they believe, reason with them persuade them out of it? Do you continue the relationship or end it?