Is It OK To Marry Someone Who Is Not Of Your Religion?

[mr.guy]

I think whomever i marry should worship me as i do.

 

[Muffled]

Gee, I hope so. I've been married to my Catholic wife going on 38 years.

I am glad it works for you. I could never have married a Cathloic who insisted on the children being raised Catholic or regular attendance at Mass. I find Catholic Mass a desert experience which is ok for a retreat but I wouldn't want to live there.

I dated a Catholic girl but we didn't get a chance to discuss the subject before the dating ended.

I had an uncle who married a Catholic girl and the children were brought up Catholic but he attended his church separately. One of his grandkids married a Baptist and attends that church. My cousin was not well pleased.

I think a person could switch around between Baptist, Methodist, Congregationalist and Presbyterian and never notice the difference and there are some other denominations that would be pretty much the same way.

On the other hand a Pentecostal/Charismatic might find a mainline church to be a desert experience.

 

[fallen angel zar'roc]

I going to marry my girlfriend for is a catholic. Since Luciferianism doesn't have a marriage ceremony, I'll have to go through the catholic ceremony. It doesn't bother her or family that will be there that I follow Lucifer. I feel that if you love someone that religion shouldn't stop it.

 

[Izdaari]

Is it alright to marry someone who is not of your own religion? Why or why not?

I don't think it's immoral, but depending on the religions involved, it may not be very practical. Ideas have consequences, as Rand was so fond of saying. What's in our heads and in our hearts affects our actions. As a Christ-follower, I would not find (for example) a theistic Satanist to be at all compatible. It would work out about as well as an Israeli patriot marrying a Palestinian militant.

 

[Yeshua_Lives]

Is it alright to marry someone who is not of your own religion? Why or why not?

Good question. According to Islam, a Muslim woman can ONLY marry a Muslim man. However, a Muslim man can marry a woman of any faith.

Sounds like a double standard.

Then again, if it's alright with the two people getting married (different religions), then who cares what other people think.

 

[Starfish]

I'm a latecomer here. Sorry for any repetition.

If you marry outside of your faith, you risk having children with no faith. "If Mom doesn't believe what Dad believes, (and visa versa) then why should I believe anything?" So if your religion isn't important to you, marry whomever you want. If it is important, then one would think you'd want to pass it on to your children.

 

[modernmoonlight]

Assuming the children get a choice in what their beliefs will be, it doesn't matter to what faiths the parents belong. Thus, an inter-religious marriage offers the children a broader perspective, worldview, and a greater opportunity to discover a religion that best suits them.

That being said, if you feel very strongly about your religion and your partner insists on raising the children in his or her religion, that could pose some serious problems in the future. If both persons in the relationship are willing to let the other's religion be and allow the children to understand both, then there is no reason for the relationship not to work.

 

[Starfish]

Assuming the children get a choice in what their beliefs will be, it doesn't matter to what faiths the parents belong. Thus, an inter-religious marriage offers the children a broader perspective, worldview, and a greater opportunity to discover a religion that best suits them.

That being said, if you feel very strongly about your religion and your partner insists on raising the children in his or her religion, that could pose some serious problems in the future. If both persons in the relationship are willing to let the other's religion be and allow the children to understand both, then there is no reason for the relationship not to work.

Just as I said:

So if your religion isn't important to you, marry whomever you want. If it is important, then one would think you'd want to pass it on to your children.