Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I wish there were a 4th option, for "conceivably." It's very unlikely, but still theoretically possible, that I would marry someone who was slightly religious, depending on the religion. I'd never marry anyone who was deeply religious. It's not just about different values or philosophies of life - it's about sanity, someone's thought process, the way they make decisions. I consider most religions a form of mental illness. Why would I marry someone I thought was mentally ill?
This is not a simple situation.
The decision does not end at you.
A bigger question is also posed for the kids if parents are from different faiths.
When you dated men from other faiths, did you take a look at what they believed to gain more knowledge of their faiths and see if you would be OK if your kids follow that faith?
well that wasn't my situation, when I had my experience dating an agnostic we were 15-16 and didn't really have parenthood or even marriage on the brain at that time.
Later my next relationship was with an Aglican leaning spiritual person, he wasn't religious per se although his faith was actually very important to him and he flat out said that he would go along with what I wanted in regards to our children should we end up together.
I will say that I have done the research to gain a base level understanding of a lot of different religions
At my age, dating is for fun and companionship, not family-establishing. So, if I met the right kind of religious person, sure, I might enjoy dating him.
Marriage? I might could live comfortably with a zen buddhist or yogi, as long as they weren't overly woo-woo. Otherwise, no.
I could live with them and theirs, but they would probably eventually have a problem with mine.
I like to keep things on the irreligious end to a degree. I'm not religious, but I do have my spiritual practices.
Depends on how into their religion they were. I'd date and consider more if I felt connected to them if they viewed their religion in such a way that allowed them to be accepting of other ideas, not totally sucked in to their absolute version of reality, and openly admitted that their are flaws in their own views. Many do this.
Absolutely not. But the Bible does advocate that as Christians we are able to have relationships and marriages with non-believers. What God is against is getting into marriages with people of other religions. That is being unequally yoked and leads to spiritual deception.
well that wasn't my situation, when I had my experience dating an agnostic we were 15-16 and didn't really have parenthood or even marriage on the brain at that time.
Later my next relationship was with an Aglican leaning spiritual person, he wasn't religious per se although his faith was actually very important to him and he flat out said that he would go along with what I wanted in regards to our children should we end up together.
I will say that I have done the research to gain a base level understanding of a lot of different religions
Well, then the next question is obvious,
Does your own faith give you guidance and recommendations as how to deal with such a scenario?
Yep. I believe in tolerance of faiths or none. To say that interfaith marriage is not tenable goes against a tenet of my religion.. I mean seems not a logically feasible conclusion..
At one point I made an effort to deepen my spirituality and looked a little too close at Jewish and Christian history. I lost my faith. I tried hypocrisy (at the urging of our priest) and couldn't pull it off. What has been seen can't be unseen. It has just about destroyed my marriage. The odd thing is I think my wife can and does pull off hypocrisy. I asked her to help restore my faith and she had no words.
Does your own faith give you guidance and recommendations as how to deal with such a scenario?
I am an Orthodox Christian, the church will not marry a couple unless at least one of them is Orthodox and they both must be bible-believing, trinitarian Christians.
Even that though is a minefield in terms of religious harmony because some protestant denominations are so different from Orthodoxy that they are barely recognizable as being reasonably close to the same thing.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I mean seems not a logically feasible conclusion..
