Would you marry someone with different religious beliefs?

[Anonymous]

Can you marry someone with different religious beliefs?

[Citizenkirk]

The irony was, that she could do it so well without coming off like she was maliciously raging on them. Her being and ordained Baptist minister when you the language could talk or talk even though she didn't walk the walk being a hardcore antiheism militant antagonist against her sick puppy dad and brother and disappointment of a fiance, the only group she didn't marginalize and rag upon, was people of the Jewish faith due to the extreme anti-Semitic sentiment that had been dumped upon them over the past two millennium, they were the only group that she spared her tongue-lashing abuse. My religious tolerance was treated as betrayed of her hatred of religion in general. My "I don't know-dont care-" attitude of indifference towards God's existence or non-existence statues, pissed her off almost as much as it did the religious and anti religious religious establishments, what is atheism, if not a form of religion in opposition to other religions.
I still would have married her but she wouldn't live down the failure that she thought she had become being unable to give birth to our children to be, considering adoption a artificial substitute for the real thing, an unfortunate attitude she may have inherited from her father.
Her belief in the non-existence of God and my INDIFFERENCES in his existence non-existence statues either way, were or were not different religions, or lack of religions, that I cannot say, but I do know for certain, that we definitely practiced 🐝ing non believer's
(⚠️😠INFEDELLS😡⚠️) differently where I consider myself lucky I haven't been pushed to the point where I verbally attack religious people the way we just myself and others for their lack of belief and the interpretation of God. Refusal of interpretation that pisses people off or do they believe in God or not cuz they don't know where I stand on it mine difference to such issues are infuriating to them and it wasn't infuriating to my significant other that I wasn't of a different attitude about God that she was, but I did have a perspective that was in opposition too her militant anti-religiouse doctrine, my "live, and let live" philosophy, a contradiction to her unwillingness to let it go and "live with -- let living." She never expected me too hate, just help her irritate, those that reminded her of her childhood.

[Shizunk]

I have no issue with that, but they would need to be careful. As an atheist living in a majority faithless country, I would provide an opportunity for the children to lose their faith. My father promised to raise us as christians even if he himself didn't believe. He went with us to church, did all the correct rituals. But as a whole, the household was never really religious. He managed to never really talk about faith so he didn't have to lie about believing, but we still all lost the faith as teenagers. It would take a full effort of two determined parents to prevent that, in my humble opinion. So if someone of any religion married me, they are effectively agreeing for their children to be allowed to lose faith and that is usually the reason why some religions frown upon such mixed couples.

[btbc92]

No way. Even if they have the same beliefs. If we are not equally yoked or compatible, it will just cause more harm. Especially concerning children and what you want to represent and show. Somebody at some point ends up converting. And unless it is out of choice, somebody again, ends up getting hurt. I am very firm and strong in my beliefs. And I care deeply about my relationship with God.

[jennifer_bloom]

Maybe if they were willing to raise our children with both faiths or let me attend my churches and join me there, or surround themselves with open minded people who accept my Christian faith. I don’t mind going to a mosque or visiting a Middle Eastern or Islamic restaurant, or a Hindu Temple.

[K-I-S-S]

What is your view on atheists?

[jennifer_bloom]

@K-I-S-S I think they are missing out and might be hostile to my views, a lot of atheists have difficulty respecting me or what I believe - If they respect me than I respect them.

[boomstheory]

No. Ultimately if you love someone at some point in your relationship you're going to start talking about your beliefs in the afterlife and if you truly love someone you're going to want to know they're going to be with you in heaven and they aren't lost and it's just an inevitable barrier that is next to impossible to work past. I mean there's not too many religions that are compatible in the first place so either you aren't too religious to begin with OR you've got a weird faith because I'm a Christian and I know that I could not marry a Muslim or a Buddhist or a pagan or anything like that simply because at the end of the day my worldview is based on Jesus Christ in the Bible and I wouldn't be able to just not bring it up for our whole relationship

[hahahmm]

No. Because:
1. When/if you have kids there will be conflict about how to raise the kid.
2. Your belief is part of your family/personal culture. Marriages work better when both people share as many cultural ideas as possible. Ymmv tho since some people can get along despite that.

[lilyanony1]

I would so long as they don't want me to convert. I'm not religious I'm spiritual.
It would require respect for our differences. I will honour what I can of their religious practice whilst I hope they would respect mine. Its important to communicate what is acceptable of one another and I truly believe it can work.

[NalleBabyBoysss]

I don't believe in any religion so if she is cool with me not believing than ill be okay with whatever she believes no matter the religion, it might be harder but just as if you meet someone from another country it's going to be harder but if you love each other that's nothing.

[ohshee]

I'm in love with her yes it's just another form of respect that's all I have many friends that believe in a lot of different things that I do and I respect that I don't try to push what I believe on them and they don't try to push it on me I see it my way and that's cool and I'm always willing to learn nothing's written in stone

[Apulu_3]

Yes love is what that matters to me. I'm not really religious even though I am Muslim. I would want someone who is not religious (even if he is same religion like me) like me. I just believe in god not the religion so it doesn't matter to me. I don't want my future home to have loads of religious stuff lol. Religion doesn't matter but being religious could be a issue.

[TheUniqueOne96]

I wouldn't want to, because this is how I look at it as a none-religious person:

Basically, I don't want to restrict my way of life, according to religious beliefs that I don't have, especially if they aren't mandatory by law.

That being said, I'm also wary of the fact that religion means something to people and I respect that, so I wouldn't want to make them go against something that's precious to them.

[Anonymous]

I think mostly people have issue with Islam and Muslims because of strict rules and regulations!
But begin Muslim man you can marry a Christian woman but today you are not able to find a true Christian woman which follow the law of Bible!
Mostly drink alcohol/wine & eat pig so there are only few which wear modest clothes
Along with this if you have kids so definitely boy will copy his father and girl will follow mother
So if you are not religious you can get married but afterwards it's not long lasting!
That is why I think its not a good idea

[Jlegacy]

Not in this life or the next.
Religious unity is first on my list before beauty, or any other thing.

I spent my life finding out the truth about God and deciding what I'd believe for the rest of my life. To marry someone contrary to what I believe would be to have wasted my entire life.

[crazysassypaws21]

hell yes!! i hope she dont believe in what i do bc how can u get closer to god or find god if ur share the same idea and thoughts go down the same paths to me to find love god and a soulmate u have to in some since find someone who try open ur mind or take down a new road , not say u have to give ur self or what believe up but if ur drink from the same lake then how will u two over randomly come cross a ocean together

[Ninaface]

I used to think I would be ok with it. Id date guys of different religions, even though I knew it wasn't for me.
I want a man who can help me raise our kids in a strong Christian home. A man who is of a different religion would unlikely be alright with that.

[alpha_aude]

Interesting question, it’s like asking « would you turn down your soulmate if he /she had a different religion? »


In my case I wouldn’t even though I dislike some. I don’t want to miss the love of my life because of a tiny detail. I’d rather make compromise.

[clampfan101]

I’m very open minded, and have almost no “absolute must”s in finding a girlfriend. However, sharing my Christian faith is one of the few requirements. It means everything to me, partly due to being such a huge part of my family. The family I want her to join and help spread with our own children.

[Jayplays900]

As long as they respect my beliefs, I'll respect theirs. Though a child could be complicated, I generally believe that we should let the kid choose themselves.

I would have no influence religion-wise over my child. I don't like to oppress with my ideals.

[Anonymous]

My last ex was an atheist and im catholic. I didn't mind. If it were to end up to marriage i still would be fine with it. I don't know if thats a bad thing. I grew up in a catholic family and used to attend church a lot. It stopped (i did). Although the rest of my family are still the same. Somehow I've become indifferent about my religion and its been like this for a while. I still have my beliefs, i just dont act on it anymore. I feel i need to go back, but yeah.

[Sarahr123]

Yeah. I would marry anyone but I wouldn’t marry a Muslim. Plus 99% of Muslims won’t marry anyone without the condition of them becoming Muslim being fulfilled first.

I would marry a Catholic, atheist, agnostic, Zoroastrian etc.

[Anonymous]

It depends on those specific beliefs and if you each can not only accept, but respect the other person's, and if they clash in some important way (such as upbringing of children for example), are you able to compromise on it? I have dated women with different beliefs. We never got to marriage, but yes it's possible.

[Anonymous]

I'm not religious although I believe in God or better yet I know God exist. So I'd be more interesting in someone who isn't religious but believes in God. It quite complicated because people are so locked into the idea of religion they don't understand me. But I suppose I'm most similar to Christian but I have a completely different interpretation which is not historical.

[Anonymous]

Can I? yes. Will I? no.
Not hating but i dont want the kids getting confused. I would either convert or have her convert. By convert I mean to another denomination of Christianity. I love Taoism though. If I didn't believe in scripture I would have been a Taoist for sure.

[Anonymous]

I’m not really sure m, I grew up being a Roman Catholic and I’m baptized/did first communion and everything but even then I don't know I don’t really feel like im that religious or feel called to any other religions yet I’m still exploring all of that. But tbh I feel like we’d have a feud about our religions all of the time I mean it’s unavoidable because I know some religions like to talk badly about other religions so I’d rather stay in my lane tbh. So maybe not.

[Paris13]

I did Once---A Muslim from Egypt. I am a Christian. No Problem with That. Mama and Dad were the Only Bigger One, hun. My Sonny Boy!!! "Only in Egypt."lol!!! xx

[neuroendocrinology]

I will & am going too. Buy the ticket take the ride, you'll learn amazing things about cultures you never considered before.

Pending the Religion. I mean Satanism is probably an exception 😏

[Anonymous]

Yes I marry. As a Muslim woman, I can even agree to marry a Christian man and convert if necessary. It doesn't matter to me. I'm just looking for real love, I don't care about religion. The man I'm going to marry may even be an atheist. I just want the man I'm going to marry to be a leftist. Apart from that, the religion or ethnic origin he believes in is not important. It is enough to be white and leftist.

[Browneye57]

It's not generally the 'marriage' that causes problems, it's the raising of children. And the extended family dynamics.
It all really hinges on how committed you are to your own faith.

[worldscolide]

Depends on how extreme they were or if they expected me to convert. For example, my wife is catholic. I'm atheist she's never placed that requirement on me. If however she did, we woukd never have gotten married.

[FinalFantasyBro]

As long that person isn't entirely racist, sexist, or homophobic I probably wouldn't mind too much. But I don't want them to oppose religion onto others. I want another person to freely make up their own decisions on religion or not!

[Shizuoko]

In Shinto, we're open to all other religions.
So, it's fine with me as long as he doesn't impose his beliefs on me.

[Totesperf]

I personally would not. It could certainly be done, but I'm certain there would be a lot of conflict down the road. What would the Kids grow up to believe?

[DumBear]

I was going to marry a jewish girl and i am christian. She broke it off due to religious reasons and her parents peer pressure.

[TrueConfection]

My husband and I have different beliefs. It's not easy for either of us, but we don't argue about it.

[Nomina]

No, I don't think I could. Funnily enough I could marry an atheist or agnostic, but different religion, I can't.

[sheikalana]

Years ago I dated a muslim man and I was ready to convert to islam and marry him. Nowadays I don't think I would do it.

[DonkeyDan]

Iml'm unlikely to consider marrying anyone with religious beliefs, regardless of the religion.

[phoenixIdk]

As long as they dont force it on me, it can get complicated

[TheorionMage]

Only a Fool would seek to place themself BETWEEN a religious zealot's relationship to their Deity.

[spookywashere]

Yeah, i'm agnostic so religion isn't a big deal to me personally.

[HOAAH]

I am Christian and I married a Roman Catholic who is more of an atheist.

[FunkyMonkee]

I very seriously doubt I'd EVER marry ANYONE with ANY religious beliefs!! At the rate I'm going, I'd very seriously doubt I'd ever marry ANYONE!!

[suisuiola]

Yeah, as long as they don't diminish what I believe in.

[FilmGuy93]

Yeah, I would. The only thing that matters is that our values are alligned, not that we share a religion.

[Aditi2201]

Yeah, as long as he or she respects mine equally. 💚

[Cnlngler]

Why not? My wife is Catholic and I'm Satanist.. I only sacrifice people she doesn't like.. So it works out.

[Madhatter920]

Sure, as long as they don't expect me to share those beliefs.

[Dchrls78104]

Actually, no. It wouldn't work out for me. I'd like to be able to go home and talk to the one closest to me about the things that matter to me the most.

[Cubus]

If you're both tolerant, then yes. Most of the world religions have the same core (to be kind to others, to be a good person etc.) so I think it's possible.

[HighValue]

Depends on how different. I am Christian and I wouldn't be with an atheist, Muslim, or Catholic.

[madgoat]

Are you implying that religious people are anything but the picture of tolerance?

[Dude_777]

Nope, causes many long term complications. She can convert though.

[AlexanderAnttila]

That wouldn't display much conviction on their part would it?

[Anonymous]

I've tried having relationships with Muslim girls, but as soon as we start talking about religion, things go to shit. So I have to say, NO.
I think dating is still possible, but marriage, I can only marry a Pagan or Atheist, or another Christian.

[Massageman]

Can you? Yes.

Should you? Not if you want a strong basis for your marriage.

[Anonymous]

I don't associate with any religious group, but still believe in God. My boyfriend is an atheist, and I would still think about marrying him. I don't care lol.

[PoliteSpeaker]

Same.

[ChiPaPa]

I would probably just embrace theirs if I'm that invested in their life. I don't practice any religion at the moment.

[DiegoO]

I am agnostic but I would only married: an atheist, an agnostic, a jewish, christian, muslim, buddhist or shintoist. From there on, no.

[SmokinAces2000]

No because I don’t have a religion and I don’t have any interest in dating someone that was religious

[Aquariusmystery]

Years ago, I would’ve said yes but now I know there’s too many complications and I just wouldn’t.

[Pumpkinspice009]

Nope. But I like men that are strict and religious and of course dominant over their wives.

[Babygirl_S]

I can't marry a very religious person as I am not religious.

[Anonymous]

I am muslim i truly respect all religions but i will marry a muzzy. Its just easier.

[anylolone]

Never marrying a jew or a muslim, I can't cook halal.
Lol, it's a joke, it's not that hard, you buy halal.