Inter-Religious Relationships
 

I looked but I didn't see a thread like this.

What is your opinion on inter Religious dating

I'm sorta in that particular situation myself too.

I'm a Christian, and she's a Wiccan. But I'm head over heels for her. What's your advice on how I should handle this situation.

follow ur gut feeling...

Religious discussions are against the rules, so as long as this discussion focuses on how to date someone with different beliefs, and not on the merits of the beliefs itself, it will stay open.

Ya; we'll be watching this one like a hawk ;)

as for the question; it really shouldn't come into it; i have alto of Pagan friends, and alot of Christian friends; although they don't always run in the same circles they do get on.

the main thing is that you respect each other's beliefs; if you do that without judgement, then i wish you the best of luck :)

Just don't get into any religious debates - I'm Wiccan too, and I know that she probably gets enough religion thrown at her already :mtongue:

Good luck and have fun ^^

true; but don't forget that can go the other way too ;)

as long as nobody preaches their religion to the other it shouldn't be a problem. i know you aren't married and probably no where near close but i have a friend her father is jewish and her mother is christian (preacher's kid) and it works the children have turned out rather eclectic each following his or her own (or none) belief

My mom is muslim, dad is orthodox... and they gave birth to me, an atheist.

Cool, huh?

In my country almost everyone is inter-religious related lol. Nobody cares. WHO THE HELL sees religion these days. Nowadays it's all about politic beliefs.

it depends *how* religious they are :rolleyes:

I've had a couple of relationships with Christian guys before; each was different about how they practised their faith; but I'm a little more relaxed about how far they'd go; however; try to convert me or preach *at* me and I'll tear you a new one ;) :p

i have two friends who have been together for over 4 years now; the girl is strict Christian and the guy is very atheist; however they LOVE to debate about how their differences of faith effects their outlook on things; it works for them, so again, if you're respectful, and can agree to disagree it shouldn't be a negative impact either :)

I think its awesome i mean i love all religions but sometimes not mine.T_T

i wondered all my life about me and why i was so pale but didnt know why i have indian blood and mexican blood until my mom told me the story of all the different religions that were in my family giving me a hard time trying to sort stuff out because i mean super pale skin blue eyes but why did i have mexican blood and indian blood it was because of my grate grate grandmother from my dads side had married to a mexican and then had my dads grate grandma and so on and my moms side had mexican and american blood but always really pale skin no matter how much sun i never tan and my mom says im lucky but i sun burn and thats so unlucky but i have awesome stories that has been passed down my family.XD

Sounds complicated, I dont think i can date someones whos overly religious. Sounds quite impossible to me.

I think if the religious beliefs are semi-close, it wouldn't matter much.
But with completely opposites, it can be difficult, because those
conversations do tend to come up eventually. For a quick fling, it's
not something to be important, but if it gets serious, yes it matters.

I'm not here to preach the merits or downfalls of either religion. I want it to work out with this girl, becouse I love her, deeply. I could care less wwhat religion anyone subcribes to or dosen't

One thing I hate about JF is most people are very critical when it comes to religion. Now that I found out that it's against the rules to discuss religion, it just makes me :mad: . That's some kind of discrimination. Oh well.

Anyway, as far as none of you preach about your rekigion, you will have no problems. Specially you, the problem with us christians is we always preach all this kind of stuff about how great our religion is, so if you won't say anything about God or Jesus to her and if she won't say anything about her God, then you'll be both fine.

one is a religion ... one is a faith (that is still basically a 'new' religion with it's official origins being in the late 1920's at the most) ...

i know several wiccans who are also christian ...

i am in a marriage now that has mixed beliefs such as that ...

one thing to think about, if you are already having thoughts or concerns about it ... it will only compound from there ... it would be along the same lines as if two people from different races got together (and the races had a history of conflict between them) ...

I think all of this depends on how strongly each party feels about their religion. If neither tries to push it on the other, or make it a part of the relationship itself... Then there shouldn`t be an issue.

That is - until they have children. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen inter-religious marriages literally fall apart once a child comes along and both parents want it to be their religion, and not the other. Even a lot of couples who both say they don`t care about religion fall apart at this point as their deeper beliefs come to the forefront.

Exactly, if I were him, I'd just give way and convert to her religion if he really love her.

My situation is exactly like this.

The only major problem I could see that comes up, is the discussion
of what they believe happens after death.
If you believe you go to heaven, and the other doesn't, wouldn't
that be depressing for the one that believes in heaven, to go there
without their loved one? Or vise versa.

Or maybe the other wants to go to hell >.> :eek:

It`s not so much believing in going to heaven or not - it`s how they differ in thinking of what they have to do in order to get into heaven or the like. If one believes that you have to do something which the other believes you should never do... Obviously, problems are going to arise.

So you'd have me choose between my faith and my heart. It's a choice I don't know I can make.

???? Why not the other way? That's such a selfish way to think!

Anyway, Nyororin is right. I think most relationships won't have that much of a problem until children get involved.

somesay that a good relationship depends on trust and respect..