Can a couple with two different religion co-exist?

religion - religion and the likes
@heatspine (1141)
Philippines
February 26, 2007 6:28pm CST
If you are married to someone who has a different religion with yours, how do you manage that? Now, the trickier question is what religion your children follows? Isn't it a distraction and will cause confusion to your kids?
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• United States
27 Feb 07
I think that yes it is possible and I also think that it depends on what the religions are. Are they something close like Lutheran and Catholic or something different like Catholic and Jahova Witness? I know of a family like that and the parents stayed the same religion taht they were but the children were just one. I don't know how they came about that dessiction but they did and that's what they do so that the children don't get coffused.
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@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
27 Feb 07
Yes. I sometimes wonder how a couple of two distinct religions (say hindu and catholic) handle it. Seems difficult for me personally.
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• Philippines
27 Feb 07
i have two friends here one got married three years ago the other one just this week both of them were catholic thier partners were protestants before they got married the two girls converted i think its better to have just one religion it would lessen the stress on children and might be a cause for fights between the partners
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@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
27 Feb 07
yes i agree. it's so difficult to have two sets of religion under one roof. many questions are raised on a single religion - what more if there are multiple.
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@ashcas (55)
• United States
27 Feb 07
I have been with my husband for 9 years, he is southern Baptist and I am an Atheist. I don't think that we have mastered dealing with it yet. I guess what has gotten us this far is basically being honest about our feelings and agreeing to disagree. We don't have children yet but our plan is for them to be introduced to his religion and then later when they are old enough let them decide what they want. I don't think that it would be bad for our children I think that it will just help them see that people are different and even with those differences you can have a relationship.
@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
27 Feb 07
does it become an issue at all in your relationship? are there heated arguments arising from these?