Can't see myself ever dating a religious person; even dating a non-practicing believer (one of my exes) was not easy and generated severqal arguments. My current is a self-proclaimed agnostic, which I can live with.

Good question. Both of my serious relationships to date have been with nonpracticing, nondenominational "I believe there's *something* but I don't think anyone has a line on it" types. I would certainly have preferred that they were atheist or at least agnostic; it could feel like a big gulf between us, those times when I overanalyzed the relationship ("can we really be right for each other?" sorta stuff)... but, ultimately, the differences in our philosophies never caused any real problems.

Since atheism isn't the first quality I look for in people (not even in the top twenty), and it's pretty damn rare, I don't think I'll hold out for it. I accept that many people just don't see the issue as being as important as I do.

On the other hand, I don't think I could even date a churchgoer, someone who holds the conviction that their specific religion is the True one, or someone who allows dogma to determine important decisions in life - much less have anything serious with one.

I have dated people who believe in the supernatural in general, but again, I don't think I could if they based significant decisions on it (say, astrology).

I don't date believers.

It comes down to the fact that I have a very hard time respecting people who think there's some deity floating around, and that level of disrespect wouldn't be conducive to a healthy relationship.