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Marrying someone with a different religion
Topic Started: Mar 14 2008, 12:30 AM (4,632 Views)
Numark
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Um, there can be 1 million different factors on why you may fall in love with someone. For me personally, i could care less about race and religion when it comes to love. Therefore, my girlfriend is not of my race or my religion. However, i could never love someone who wont root for the buffalo bills with me. So that is that.

Now, if i was someone who had religion high up on my list of factors that go into love. Then sure, religion may play a part.



I don't even understand how you people can argue. It depends how important religion is for you. It is that simple. If religion is a very high up priority, then yes, it can factor in to who i will marry. If not, then it will not help determine who i will marry.

it changes person to person.....period
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Astrear Firestone
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Religion isn't a set of boundaries that should define who you should spend the rest of your life with. It should be there to support you, not confine you to who you can see and who you can't.


I completely agree with that.

I think that it is completely possible for people of different religions to marry, if they are both willing to compromise. Or, if they are lax enough about their religion that they will not try to push it onto the other person.

[warning: long boring story coming up]
I was just in a relationship with a guy who kept trying to convert me to his religion. It was extremely annoying. After a while, it seemed like all he ever talked about was his religion, and how great it was, and why I should join it. Being an atheist, I could totally understand why he believed what he did, but I did NOT believe it myself. Anyway, my point is, he was unable to "continue having a relationship with me" because "his religion didn't allow him to" (just because I didn't believe the same thing.) So I totally believe that a person's religion should not control who they are allowed to be with.
[story ends here]
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Mar 16 2008, 05:24 AM
Christians: don't marry a person from another religion, they may turn you away from the light of Jesus.

:rolleyes:

Atheists and people of other religions: Don't marry arrogant people who think that the world is out to get them and that everyone else is wrong. :/
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Explosion Anomaly: lol XD so true
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My father is a Muslim and he married my mother who is still a Christian. So, it really depends on the type of person you're marrying, whether they're in the relationship for the connection or influence.

It is encouraged in Islam by most to marry only those whom have a book from God in order to establish relations and try to teach your spouse about your religion though some people do apply force. Women are not allowed to marry any men of another religion since the man sadly wears the pants in the relationship and can change the female's mind, usually concluding with a conversion in faith.

Being a Muslim and with the manner that I was raised in with two religious parents whom do not enforce either of their beliefs on me, I say, marry whoever the hell you want.

I don't see myself getting married but if I were to do so, I would look at the individual as a whole. Whatever he believed in would play no part in our relationship as long as we come to the arrangement of only teaching each other of our faiths if we are willing and not forcing one another to convert. If children were to come afterwards, I say, teach them about both faiths and let them make their own decision.

Occasionally, making someone follow a religion concludes with a belief that is far from real and all bogus.
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I have a friend that is Athiest but is dating a full Christian. There is no problem...
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I guess I'm weird but I'm not attracted to females that don't share the same general opinions as I do. I don't see how anyone can say they love someone that is completely different then they are. When I'm looking at potential relationships I always look at it from the, "Well I think this person is awesome but do we really match?" If they are an extremely liberal, vegan atheist then I probably just won't get along with them in the long run...no matter how attractive (inside and out) they are. Just like it's going to be hard for a liberal vegan atheist to compassionately love a Jesus loving, meat eating, conservative. I know that's an extreme comparison, I'm just trying to prove a point.

Long term compatibility stems from long term commonalities. Sure there are going to be differences and things you don't like about your partner, but it's easier to keep a house standing up if the wall is cracked. Not so easy if your foundation is made of mud.

Too bad our culture has shaved love down to sexual attraction and "feelings". Makes it hard to determine if religion or strong convictions should even play apart in the relationship.
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If you love someone, than it should not matter!
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