religion and marriage

[sereia 0]

Discuss.

[Nessa 23]

Religion is the opiate of the masses

[bora bora 1]

My husband is Catholic and I believe in God - neither of us are religion and we rarely go to church.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

yes, no, yes

[Yodrak 7]

abdounjen,

No thanks - religion tends to be a contentious subject for some.

Yodrak

Discuss.

[sereia 0]

i just meant to discuss whether it was important or not. not getting into other aspects of religion. i know what you mean!

[Fuzzness 2]

we respect and love each other enough that it is not a factor in our relationship, even if we had different views

[Aymerlu 3]

We are different religions and religion does not play a factor at all in our relationship

[Cassie 8]

Our faith was important to us individually, and still is important to us as a couple.

[kittykatwoman 0]

We both are atheist and that is an important aspect of our relationship. I would not be able to be with someone that is religious as a matter of fact.

[~*Maria*~ 1]

I'm Catholic and my husband is Lutheran. He says if he walked into a church after all these years it would fall down around him. I'm more religious than my husband but i wouldnt rub my religion in his face, so we dont discuss it. I respect him to much for that.

[Henia 11]

Yes, we are the same religion and were even before meeting. But if we were not, I would still love him and be friends, but definately not marry. For the fact, that I want a man who shares the beliefs as me and raise our children within our religion. He shares my views.

In my opinion, inter-faith marriages can work but with alot discussion and planning before hand. Which I think many people donnot do unforuntely. And this really sinks in when children enter into the relationship.

And for the most part, from what I personally witnessed is that one side usually sees the other's religion and eventually adopts many of the beliefs (and maybe but not always) converts or many many issues come up between the couple. Examples, I can give are... for instance within Islam Muslims donnot eat pork. So if a non-Muslim women marries a Muslim man, she would see that her husband religiously does not eat and would accomdate him and probably after a time stop eating it herself. Buuut if she were to keep insisting she would eat the pork, surely he could not say anything, buuuut when they had children I am sure issues would arise if the women feed the children pork. This was probably lame example...but one I am sure most can understand.

[SqdnGuns 21]

Religion destroys...................always has and always will. All you have to do is to turn on the news and see.............

[Henia 11]

I wanted to edit my reply, but for some reason it will not let me... so I will just repost with my edit. Sorry...

Yes, we are the same religion and were even before meeting. But if we were not, I would still love him and be friends, but definately not marry. For the fact, that I want a man who shares the beliefs as me and raise our children within our religion. He shares my views.

In my opinion, inter-faith marriages can work but with alot discussion and planning before hand. Which I think many people donnot do unforuntely. And this really sinks in when children enter into the relationship. But never would work if one or both sides have the idea in their heads that "I am going to convert them".

And for the most part, from what I personally witnessed from inter-faith couples I know, is that one side usually sees the other's religion and eventually adopts many of the beliefs (and some even convert) or many many issues come up between the couple due to the "love conquers all" thinking and simply not seeing past the lovey dovey part of the marriage. There is much much more to a marriage, then having fun, loving each other and sex. Examples, I can give are... for instance within Islam Muslims donnot eat pork. So if a non-Muslim women marries a Muslim man, she would see that her husband religiously does not eat and would accomdate him and probably after a time stop eating it herself. Buuut if she were to keep insisting she would eat the pork, surely he could not say anything, buuuut when they had children I am sure issues would arise if the women feed the children pork. This was probably lame example...but one I am sure most can understand.

[deemabrouk 0]

religion is a big thing for me.. I was muslim BEFORE i got married.. before I met him.. I would not of married someone if another Faith.. And he feels the same too.. Religion goes into our daily lives.. And when we have kids we want to raise them with the same values/ beliefs