Do you think that interfaith marriages are doomed?
By pastorkayte
@pastorkayte (2255)
United States
July 5, 2010 11:02am CST
A young man who is Jewish, wanted to know if he and his soon to be wife would be doing the right thing by marrying knowing that they dont share the same beliefs and that this is a problem for them. The question is do you think they should be married and try to live with it knowing that they already have a problem with this?
4 responses
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
8 Jul 10
No marriage or relationship if perfect, even if our beliefs would be the same, we are two different people and I think that alone would tell you compromise, respect and love will have to endure everything - challenges, disagreement, etc. I think they will be able to get through all of these if they stand by each other and understand each other. Though religion would be a huge part, i still think though that everything will be okay. Here in the Philippines, i have know quite a lot of interracial marriages but it survived and for as long as love is still there, they sure did not have to use their different beliefs in choosing whether or not to marry each other
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
6 Jul 10
I guess there's a couple of ways to look at it. On one hand you wanna say they should not get married as they can't agree on faith - and that's a big issue. On the other hand, there will always be something to disagree on. Perhaps they can live by their beliefs and "get along!"
@pastorkayte (2255)
• United States
6 Jul 10
Jewish men usually want their wives to convert to their religions which is what he wants from her, so the get along thing is not a possibility because she feels strongly about her religion and has no plans to give it up for anything. She believes her husband cant help her get into heaven therefore his religion certainly will not get her there.
@TheMetallion (1834)
• United States
6 Jul 10
I'm Wiccan, my wife is Buddhist. We seem to make it work.
@edwardjoy2000 (2387)
• United Arab Emirates
5 Jul 10
As fas as i know people in the western world are very broad minded and and open. There should not be any problem as long as they love and understand each other. But if i speak from the Indian perspective...it will craete a problem. There will be initial problems for the marriage and later it will be a problem to decide what faith will the children follow. So its always right to play safe.
