Can Partners w/diff. Religion Marry?

I am a Baptist and my boyfriend is a Catholic. This has been a serious topic for us. Our friend once asked us about this and until now we're still discussing it (from time to time). His view is that it's okay for different religions to marry. But mine isn't. Faith is a serious thing. If you're serious about your faith, it's not going to be easy to give it up, especially for someone you love. Think of it this way: I believe there is only one way to Heaven. I believe on it with all of my heart. If my guy doesn't believe it, would I be contented living my life with him knowing he won't go to Heaven? It's like: You're visiting a place you've known well, and you know the exact route to it. Now your partner took another route. Aren't you gonna tell him the route you know of? Aren't you even gonna convince him to take it? And if not, What if he or both of you gets lost, aren't you gonna blame yourself?

I don't see anything wrong in mixed marriages. The only difference is our way of worshiping the One God that we all share. But my country where Islam is the official religion, it is a taboo to marry a muslim without converting. Whether you are man or woman marrying a muslim, one must convert to the islamic faith.

I think her boyfriend is just acting the part to be with her and if it doesn't work out , he will change back to his original religion. I think religion is a personal thing and it has to come from the heart not from the groin! In other words you can feel it in your heart when you are on the right path! And I think any two people of different faiths with full mutual respect can make it work.

of course they can it's legal and lots of people do it.

Yes, marriages can last, but only if both are not 100% dedicated to G♥d or possibly a god. The G♥d of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob has standards, and if one if following those standards and the other is not, that is compatible to being unequally yolked..I should know, I am a part of a marriage like that..

The marriage will never be truly happy unless one partner willingly converts. This should be because the one converting believes that the religion to which he/she is converting to is correct.

I am a Catholic married to a Hindu. I did not ask my husband to change his religion because after marriage I was living with my husbands family. And I dont think it would have been possible to follow two different religions in the same house. I did not get myself converted and continued going to church after marriage. When the kids came they automatically followed the rituals that were being performed in the house everyday i.e. Hindu rituals. But they would accompany me to church on Sundays and now know both the Hindu as well as Christian prayers. Now that I dont live with my inlaws we celebrate both Hindu as well as Christian festivals at home.

I would honestly tell that on my part as much as possible I don't want to change my religion or even my religious belief but it depends. Though I still have this question in my mind if in case I am in the position of other people. Yes I am not going to change but what if my partner is a Muslim which his worship is different to my case as a Catholic then if we are going to have a kid meaning to say if one of us didn't convert then the kid will have to choose? I am also wondering married couples that the one is Catholic or Christian then the other one is Atheist wherein that person is not a believer of God. Then they have children, how was that kid baptized? If in case that my partner is a Christian, I still want to open my mind on how they worship, study more about their beliefs and it's religious conviction especially on how they help each other or how do that religion influence other people. If I think I am comfortable with it that is the time that I have to think otherwise if I could change my religion from Catholic. I have this kind of thinking because I have my nephew who converted himself from Catholic to born again Christian already and as I observed him I could see how deep he is in terms of faith, he became more optimistic, his religious conviction was very strong and more his knowledge on his religion was more influential. It was like he have chosen the right decision. And you see it was his choice just because of his faith not because it was dictated from other people around him. Now on the other hand as we have heard on news that Shamcey's boyfriend have converted into another religion that is same with her, my question here is did he change his religion because of Shamcey or he is just willing to change it because he wants the belief of that religion. Then if I am the parent of Shamcey's bf that could be my number 1 question to him. If that is for the sake of Shamcey then I myself would disagree on that guy's decision because the repercussion is like he is worshiping Shamcey and not the religion.

Yes, as long as you know how to respect each other's belief.

For starters religions that say that one can only marry someone from the same religion are separatists and it shows already it's a terrible religion. Religion is about goodness, to help us not to demand anything from us, specially money or to get in the middle of our relationships and lives. Now if the person chooses to remain in this, the couple could not talk about it, or try to visit each other's temples and churches.

My friend is a Born Again Christian married to a Muslim man. They are both happy for three years now but they still don't have children. I think that's very possible and nobody has to give up their faith.

Well, Chamcey's opinion is also correct. It's a real test if the guy loves the girl. However, if i were to answer that, i would still marry my husband even if he has a different religion. What is important is that we worship the same loving God. And like what you have narrated, it only proves that difference in religion is not a barrier to two people in love. They just have to respect each others' religion.

They can still be marry but expect sooner or later, a great argument they will encounter for sometime.... because both of their religions still intact, never merge, never combined ideas, never absorb what is useful and to reject what is useless... if you compare it to Hydrogen Element(Husband) and Oxygen Element(Wife) when they get married, those gas elements never merge, it is still Hydrogen and Oxygen, so their children are forced to select either of the two separated elements... and never form a compound (H2O) which means "Water", a liquid (only one compound for their kids to choose) not selecting this one and reject that one.... and if you compare it to crayons or pastels.... Blue(Husband) and Yellow(Wife) so the kids may choose if either blue or yellow, instead of choosing only one color, and that is "Green" choosing only one color is like choosing only one family and not two families... I am getting weird already hehehe

In my opinion if the guy and the girl truly love each other the there should not be any hesitation or any problem to change their religion for that particular person .

Most of the time, the people who negatively reacts to this relationship is not the pair, but the family, friends and the religious group they are members in. Initial fear is caused by the concern that the other has no respect on certain practices that other one has. But at the end of it all, it lies to the partners themselves, and how open and accepting they are to each others values and practices. If that is balanced, I do not see why they should not be together. Respect is what is most important of all. Happy mylotting!

I think it is possible. But it won't be easy as it is impossible to imagine both of them not having an argument on religion later on. Also, the Bible warns about being yoked with non-believers and I believe it applies to those with different religions.

I think it's freaking disgusting that people have to change religion to get married. Why are people stopping eachother from being in a specific religion to get married to eachother? Why does there have to be that exact placement of beliefs that way? Why can't people just be happy with who their husband or wife is, and not have to be changing around the way they think about religion? It makes me pretty upset to think about it in these ways...

Yes,i think so.They can marry,although they have different Religion.I think the most important thing to them is that they have the same goal in lives.With the same goal,they can do anything together,they can do anything well. Do you think so?

The religion is not really important. It is your belief that matters most. In the answer of Ms. shamcey, I think she was referring on religious beliefs and not specifically in the kind of religion. She was focusing on her God. In my interpretation, Shamcey answer about not changing her religious beliefs even the guy ask her and not merely pinpointing in the type of religion.

Partners with different religions can surely marry, some may choose to convert just to make the family ties more connected and similar. I have a family friend who is Christian but she's married with a Buddhist husband. He's okay about her keeping her religion and me even agreed to marry in a church! Couples should understand and consider whether their contrasting religions will cause conflict within their relationship. This should be considered before marriage.