Would you change your religion in order to marry the one you love?

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Altheavas · Accepted Answer

No,

Ps. My faith (and political view) is not up for debate.
Here’s my sincere opinion below. However, just leave as that, no recurring questions, and I will not reply. Thanks!

I do not align with organized religion due to its tendencies toward indoctrination and its impact on perceptions of their followers to some extent of secularity.

I am spiritual and I believe in GOD, the highest beings. I will not conform and transcend allegiance to any specific group or belief system. My God’s wonder has no limit, I will not narrow all possibility of God’s wonder to one particular group and perception. I acknowledging diverse interpretations and potential wonders associated with the divine.

SquishyBuns2628 · Accepted Answer

I chose no.

An easy answer is to say no or I'm just an atheist.

A better more in depth answer is to say while I love my partner, I can respect their culture/ religion by learning more about what is ok and what is not. Via food, mannerisms and clothing. Its like how in some religions people cannot eat seafood or beef. So while you're with your partner and or with their family you abide by said rules.

But when you're by yourself you can eat seafood or beef as much as you want and so on.

Talk with your parher 1st especially if you guys are tying the knot, just so you both are on the same page about how the rest of your lives will be like.

But yeah I'm saying no with compromise.

Keyboardkat · Accepted Answer

If your religion is important to you, then it's wise not to date someone of another religion because you can fall in love and find yourself in an impossible bind! If religion is not so important to you, that may be different. But remember, you can have stars in your eyes until the first baby arrives! Then it can become a really serious issue if the two parents are of different religions, and each wants the child brought up in his or her own religion. And what about the two families? This can become a real nightmare. I'm not saying it can never work, but it requires a LOT of giving on both sides, and a lot of understanding from both sides!

jgibsonian1986 · Accepted Answer

I could not because God is the one I love and who I have married my heart too. I have taken the name of the Lord as my own just as a wife takes the name of her husband. To God I owe everything, no one could supplant His hold on me :)

Just the same though, my God demands that I festoon my spouse with praise and love her like God loves the church. My religion is what grounds me as a man and provides me the insight to lead and take the right action. To abandon that is to abandon everything everything I know to be right.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I could marry someone who is not a member of my religion, but i would not change my religion for that person.

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I would change my rituals and my religious style, but not my values and principles.

Avicenna · Answer

No, I'm not doing that

AMS700CX4u2 · Answer

It certainly would be easier if you have common beliefs. To start with I know I am going to catch a lot of flack for these statements but here goes. Number one, My parents did not have me baptized at birth. They were believers but did not force it down my throat. Pop came from Quaker roots, Mom came from Methodist roots but her mother filled her head with tons of quasi-christian propaganda. She would say things to back her arguments with "it says in the bible". Nope it don't. It is true that God through Moses said not to marry outside your faith and it is true that most religions require a mother to bring the children up in the mother's faith.

I didn't start becoming curious about faith until my late teens. It was because my friends were. I have ADHD and truthfully I have always been happiest as a loner. Having a relationship with another is a real thing. It is here and now. It would seem less than smart to refuse a here and now situation, based on love, due to reasons based on something neither you or I can prove.

As I have said before, in 2013, during an open heart surgery, I expired twice. I saw nothing, but came back with some instructions. What I encountered was not threatening, it was not negative. It was all encouraging. I was surprised to wake up in my hospital bed, disappointed that I didn't get to stay. God has no reason to threaten. He has no Competition. The very first Commandment Adam an Eve received was Copulate to Populate. Love conquers All.

Tren58 · Answer

If they don’t have strong beliefs either way, and can commit to not being resentful in the long run, go for it. My best friends husband pretended to believe in her beliefs (which are very important to her) and got married to her. After a year, he let her know that he never believed and left her church. Now he ridicules her for still believing in something so “irrational”. What was the point in him going after a girl that has such different views? It is the biggest wedge in their relationship.

smne35 · Answer

How we take comfort and worship should not even matter when t two people are really in love your Catholic I'm Jewish so what you respect each other for their belief now if it comes to where ok i join your religious clan, ditch mines, and we're good to go, that's all it's a no brainer consider it done, because no matter what you Believe about or how you worship, every religion across this universe is praising the same God or diety, only in their own way that they understand and know God for to hide he, or she, God appeared to each culture in a way through can know and understand who he is, there only one alpha and Omega, that's a cool title to go by I'm the alpha and Omega you better recognize, lol we need to stop getting hung up on the small things understand the big picture

Bigmell · Answer

I don't want to sound too biblical or offend someone of another religion so I'm going to keep my answer simple, NO I will NOT change my religion because I love someone now I would marry someone of a different religion... they can worship the way they worship, I worship the way I worship. We can discuss religious topics but I would not interfere with their faith or who or what they believe in that is something that's so personal I do not mess with, when it comes to myself or significant other that's personal PERSONAL relationship between you and God I do not mess with.

thegreenyogi · Answer

No I wouldn't. I am who I am and I believe in what I believe in. If you love me you will embrace me for who I am without trying to change me and nor should I be made to feel like I have to modify my ways to accommodate another person in order for me to receive love.

Sowanaski · Answer

I would never compromise or renounce my faith for anyone. That being said in my religion, Christianity, it is stated in the bible that we can marry nonbelievers and the marriage and our children will be holy through my devotion and belief in god. I believe this is talked about in Corithians chapter 7.

TheorionMage · Answer

"Eyes on the prize"
Eternity is FOREVER and your FOREMOST allegiance is to your Creator/ix as you understand their purpose.
YOUR love, while IMMEDIATE and passionate, is ultimately transient.
THEY too were created by YOUR Deity;
if its to BE they too will see You as an expression of THEIR conception of THEIR Deity.

Would you change your religion in order to marry the one you love?

HawkPerception · Answer

I've tried dating religious people in the past and it never seems to work out. Their beliefs and lack of logic irritate the hell out of me and if the topic ever comes to kids and how they want to raise them with a religion, I get too fired up saying "absolutely not". My answer is no.

FriendlyCanadianGuy · Answer

I think adding any conditions or ultimatums is a bad start to a marriage.
I think it's far better to be open to exploring each other ls beliefs, maybe combining then.
My dads Muslim, mom is Catholic, mom converted to Islam for the marriage ceremony to appease the tradition but we grew deciding for ourselves and celebrated both religions equally.

You will find out how similar religions are once you are open to them.

Anonymous · Answer

Denomination, probably. Converting to a vastly different religion, I don't know. Perhaps Catholicism. I am good friends with a few people who are Messianic Jews, and we agree on the major things. Perhaps that might be considered, but otherwise, I don't know.

Matadorius · Answer

Im an agnostic so don't believing religion at all. Also, even if I believed in religion, I would still not change it because it is ridiculous to change your belief for the sake of a person you love. If you feel like believing in that religion, that's different, but I wouldn't change it just because the person I love believes in it, or maybe I would change it on paper.

prakhindev92 · Answer

Loving a person as it is! , And asking them to change for your future preferences is itself a stupid idea , the person might change for you if they like you , but , what is the point of being together if there are things which you or your family can't tolerate in that person , you could have easily said no when you know this things , taking things too far , like you give 1 month free subscription and you have to pay for the non ad premium service , stupid

Hanrej · Answer

No! Told my ex my "soul" couldn't be saved and she tried to convert me for 4 years. I went to church with her but instead of finding God I was appalled by all the lost people throwing themselves on the floor in religious spasms and uttering jibberish.

If anything I can say for certain that I'm now an even more firm atheist.

Flatmanlewis · Answer

My wife and I are different, but very compatible, religions. A religion that is significantly different would probably present some issues however. Particularly if there isn’t agreement on what religious upbringing and children may be taught.

236color · Answer

My religion is Pagan with atheistic leanings. I am not interested in ANY Abraham's religion AT ALL. I will not put myself in that lions den ever again.

Unycorn · Answer

It's not like changing a t-shirt. I would only change if I really convert in terms of faith. If I don't stand behind the religion then it would be double standards and hypocrisy, as I understand it.

Simslover92 · Answer

I've seen 90 day fiance and it's not pretty what they go through. I don't know if I could convert to another religion especially if their religion is strict like the Muslim faith.

Lynx122 · Answer

Nope I'm a atheist and I wouldn't join a religion to marry someone.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

No, I don't cater to religion, it's all bullshit. I've lived without one for at least 5 decades, why would I wanna take one up, now?

IslaTheWitch · Answer

I'm not a believer, so there is no need to change anything. If I had to be a believer it would be a no-go for me.

wolfcat87 · Answer

Most people "converting" for marriage never actually change what they believe. So, it's pretty dumb.

Kokoaquest · Answer

Yes but I'd take it step by step ease my way into the faith to be sure I acknowledge it not my every day consciously

Paris13 · Answer

I had Once Married A Muslim in Egypt And Never Changed My Religion. He was Allowed to Marry A Christian. We Respected One Another's. xxoo

modeunae · Answer

No. I wouldn't. I'm a polygynous Christian, but I know women change their religion or belief system when they really like and admire a guy.

AmeerX · Answer

No I would not but I would not make her change her either but I want religion to not come between us. If she is a Christian or Jews she can have the children follow her side but only if she is not a staunch follower.

HaveNoName · Answer

It would only make sense if BEFORE even deciding to marry the person, that other religion appealed to you as the final truth. To change your faith just to be with the one you lust for is a wrong move.

Rohan-Thanekar · Answer

Right person will not ask you to do that. Instead she/he will be comfortable with your religion & You should be comfortable with theirs. That's all 😊

Reemaa · Answer

Ofc i will change it , and change my whole tribe for the man i love ❤️

Lionman95 · Answer

No because my religion is part of identity. That´s the source of my moral system.

BoopBoopBeep · Answer

No, but I've been in a mixed religion relationship.

Gopnik · Answer

i'm not religious at all, ideally my future wife also is not religious but i don't mind as long as nothing is forced upon me.

Saiesh30 · Answer

I'm gonna find her in my religion instead. Less hassle.

Anonymous · Answer

I did and 3 months later we broke up and a month after that I discovered I was pregnant but he chose to not to be there l. Would never change my religion ever again.

normalice · Answer

On paper, sure. But I'm not interested in participating in any particular religious practices.

JacobJordan · Answer

I wasn't religious when I met my wife I am not religious now. I will not be religious in the future.

AngryCarl2 · Answer

No, because to "change" my religion I would have to take one up, and become complicit in someone else's mass delusion. I will respect your religion but don't expect me to embrace it.

Marklaw12 · Answer

No,  Being a Christian is very important. The one and true religion. If you marry her, there will be problems and curses. Challenges, maybe your child is forever sick, or disabled.

sean1234 · Answer

No, but then again, who's religion is correct who's is of satan?

loveslongnails · Answer

I don't have a religion, so "would I take on the religion of someone I loved in order to marry them ---------------- NO !!! Not a chance.

Samhanks · Answer

I would like to keep my Religion because since childhood it has become a 'Way of Living' and know everything about it. The other Religion may not as "Tolerant" as mine !!!

DJB72 · Answer

Not a chance. I actually chose not to date a girl because we had different faiths.

Djaay · Answer

Religion is of the devil. Neither would I be religious nor would I marry someone that was religious.

Staximus · Answer

I don't have a religion. If a woman wants to marry me, she can be whatever religion she wants but I'm not going to start being religious

ohmyguy · Answer

only if their sensuality sexuality is not oppressed by their faith.

Shark_61695 · Answer

I do wish I could believe in god (s) but I just can't.

RedInnocent68 · Answer

Nope. Had a couple of relationships starting to go in that direction. Didn’t last long.

TallGuy8383 · Answer

Nope, Jesus is the only way and I will not turn away from that, I don’t care how pretty or smart or whatever she is.

KonkeyDong · Answer

I would not. The Relationship I have with my Religion far outweighs the importance of any other Relationship.

Malibu11 · Answer

I selected no but I would have to depend on many different factors. I will say, maybe. That’s my real answer because there’s a grey area here. At least for me there is.

Anonymous · Answer

I would much rather just be with someone who has the same religion as me because I’m not converting or asking anyone to convert

Mark987 · Answer

I am not religious at all but I would never do that

Guido · Answer

No I would not change. She will have to accept me for who I am.

noohair · Answer

People hate me because I am a Jew. That will not change no matter what I do.

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Definitely not. I might change, but only for myself, not for someone else

memmoo · Answer

No way unless she could convince me that her religion is the right one

Maddy2002_ · Answer

I could date someone who believe as long not shoved down my throat. As I am a atheist.

Cheerfull009 · Answer

Muslims, Jews and Christians, can marry each other, without changing religion, as they have Abrahamic religions, with Holy Books from God.

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