Do you mind having family members with a diferent religion?

hell0! well, having parents or some other family members from other religions is actually not bad, at least for me, because that way a person can learn about all the things in the one and the other, and that's the way how he/she can decide which religion to choose, because as some parents do, they don't christen their childs, don't give them a religion and let them choose it by themselves, so that they can choose the one that it better for them! And that's why I guess having family members from different religions is really cool- you can always see how for example the members who are Christians maybe celebrate their holidays, how they pray and what they do to ask forgivness from God, and then you can just go and see what the others do, who are for an example Budists. SO that's why I think it would be really nice if all the kids have some family members in their homes, who have different religions so that they can decide which one to choose, but sometimes it can also be very dangerous because kids can irritate between the both religions and can become something like fanatics or something like that, and it won't be very nice. Maybe if there are some family members having different religions kids should not be allowed to spend much time with them while they are praing!

i don't mind but old folks do. so if we, next generation in the family decided we wanted to be converted to some other religion or sect, it will be a lifetime debate and conflict with our parents. no one in our family is non-roman catholic but if there will be in the future, even reunions would have issues since we hold them every christmas.

I would probably, with the help of the rest of the family, try to change their way of thinking, but it wouldn't stop me from loving them, and I would certainly pray for them. What I would not do is try to force my beliefs on them.

yeah! i do really mind it..i want in a family where i belong i want it to have one faith it is very hard to live with them having different faith. But i could not help myself but more patience because i couldn't bring to the faith that i have, to the religion that believed and i always asked guidance to our Lord Jesus Christ to help me, to save my family from their being innocent.

I don't mind at all as long as what you are in is not a cult or contradict to the teaching of God which is based in the Bible.

I am proud to say I have a very diverse family when it comes to religions. My grandparents and my parents are Christians (Methodist), I have an aunt who is Buddist, an Uncle who is roman Catholic, cousins who are agnostic, and my stepfather's half sister is Jewish. I personally am not a religious person. I believe that there is a higher power, but that's as far as it goes. I think not being a religious person has helped me be so open minded when it comes to religions. I don't think there is just one "right" way to worship, all that matters is that you HAVE faith and your faith make you happy.

no I dont mind at all....and it just makes sense..Even though we are from the same family the bottomline to me personally is that we are still all very different ppl so its only natural and logical for our religious or spiritual paths to be different ya know...

I do not mind having family members with different religious beliefs or of a different race from me. I also believe we all worship the same God. It was man who gave God different names, formed different types of religions according to how and what they wanted to believe and worship. God never said how many different religious sects should be formed...this was all man's big idea!

I find it very uncomfortable to have a different religion within the family because in Catholic faith we have so many traditions and solemnities being observed which are not revered by other groups, I would not want to create friction or misunderstanding about faith so it is better to have same religion. Luckily for me, none of our family members are non-Catholic.

Hiii merlibradley well i dont mind people of different religion in my family but they should be enough open minded about it.You know there some people who try to force others in to what they believe and they keep doing it till we agree with them.Such a people become continuous source of annoyance. Also there are some faiths which teach exactly opposite things and thus if people are close minded that can be a reason of clashes.These all things depends upon how much open minded all family members are.

I agree with you. I'd hate it if someone would force me to believe in his or her religion if I don't want to. If they do that to their own family, what more do they do to those who are not their family? I'd hate to meet people like that, discriminating others because of their shallow minds.

Personally, I don't mind having family members with a different religion. I always believe in humanity and a person with good heart. An interfaith marriage is a union in which the two spouses follow different religious traditions. This can take many forms. It's actually very common to be a couple with a background set on a different belief system. Despite this, it's important to remember that marriage is. Ultimately the choice to be in a mixed religion marriage comes down to how you can respect each others choices. If that is possible, most likely the relationship can flourish. Before entering in a marriage, it is best to discuss the important aspects of each of your religious beliefs. After all, while religion makes up an important part of many marriages, great communication and mutual respect make up a huge part of it too.

In our culture marriage is between guys and gals of same religion, so all in my family are from same religion.. Thanks, God bless you. cheers Happy posting. Prof

I don't mind to have family members or relative that different religiion. I think the most important is we have to respect to each other and off course the religion must genuine and encourage people to do the right and good thing. No matter how, family members will still our family members forever.

Hi merlibradley, I believe that religion should be a personal choice and not imposed by society or family. Loving God and adhering to a church/organisation should be a personal choice. There were times where the King used to decide to which religion his country should adhere to. I think that this thing is such of the past and religious freedom should prevail.

Thankfully it never happen to my family. We are always been catholic by birth and that is also my parents and siblings religion ever since. It will be difficult if some of my siblings will go to other church and we will always have debate in the house on which religion is the best. And I don't want to depend my religion against their religion. But if my sister or brother will someday choose another religion then I will try to talk them out of it because it would be difficult. But if they insist and they are happy with their decision then there is nothing I can do but accept it.

me too...i dont mind having family members with different religion, cuz choose what kind of religion is their freedom, as long as not harmful to our home and /or our contry...

No. I don't mind having family members with a different religion because we have a freedom to choose of. As long as we respect to each other, no bother happens no gap so the relationship of the family runs smoothly.

Actually my mother has a different religion. My father and my brothers including me have the same religion except my mother. But it's not something to be a cause of a conflict. As long as we believe in God and pray to him, there's nothing wrong with it. God wouldn't want us to fight because of him. We respect our mom's religion and we don't mind if she isn't the same religion as ours. Happy mylotting!

I dont mind if there is a family members who have different religion. I guess we are all entitled to our own view in life. We are the one take charge of our own life, its not responsible to anyone that surrounds us not even our very own parents. I'll respect to whatever and which ever religion she/he would like to join to.