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

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[Keyboardkat]

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!

[smne35]

I read through most of what was said in response to this question, that is admirable that most all will stick to their belief and for go love, as I said before ask religion is worshiping the same God, there's not a island god, a Methodist God there are not all these different God, s floating around out there, well except the Pope, he's God, s man on earth,, lol I respect all for how they worship, not knocking anyone, just saying there is only one true God the alpha and Omega,

[Keyboardkat]

@smne35 What you say is true. However, each religion, each denomination, has certain beliefs, and certain practices, that adherents must subscribe to, which others who believe in God may have a very hard time with. Incidentally, Catholics do not believe the Pope is a god. The Pope is the highest ranking clergyman in that faith, but he would not be prayed to as God.

[Altheavas]

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.

[Djaay]

You talk a lot about God , what about the lord?

[Keyboardkat]

@Djaay I don't think there's a difference. There is only one God, who created everything, but we humans my call him by different names, as we're brought up to do.

[sean1234]

@Keyboardkat CORRECTION! There is only one God and also his adversary the devil who claims all those other names humans call him by as Satan wants humans to do.

[sean1234]

Satan wats people so incredibly distracted, confused and made busy with nonsense religions that you don't know what's right from wrong.

[sean1234]

Or believe that wrong is right.

[Djaay]

There is GOD and Jesus. Scripture says they both are of the same spiritually although scripture also emulates that we must go through the lord Jesus to get to the father. So what about Jesus again?

[SquishyBuns2628]

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.

[Andres77]

no compromise on seafood, religion or beef. got it. ;-)

[SquishyBuns2628]

I forgot to add a comma in the last sentence. I'm saying no, but I'm ok with compromising.

[Andres77]

i just thought ur seafood and beef comment were adorable and hilarious. like, "this girl has priorities"

[SquishyBuns2628]

I can part with beef but seafood tastes wayy too good lol

[jgibsonian1986]

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.

[Djaay]

What do you think of the lord?

[jgibsonian1986]

I think of the Lord as a friend and savior, someone who I want to be close to and strive to be like. As well as the person who choose to give his perfect life so that I could have an imperfect one and still be redeemed by his sacrifice.

[OlderAndWiser]

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

[jennifer_bloom]

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

[Avicenna]

No, I'm not doing that

[AMS700CX4u2]

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]

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]

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

[Sowanaski]

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.

[thegreenyogi]

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.

[TheorionMage]

"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.

[Bigmell]

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.

[FriendlyCanadianGuy]

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.

[HawkPerception]

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.

[Anonymous]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.