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Do you have a relationship with a person of a different belief system?

Posted by MarkPogue • 10/25/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Do you have a relationship with a person of a different belief system?

Don't feel that you need to disclose any details.

If you're uncomfortable, just answer "yes" or "no".

Examples:
Agnostic with a Sikh partner?

Christian with a Hindu?

User Comments

10/25/08

timethief

yes

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10/25/08

DaneMorgan

I am agnostic. Diane is a Jehovah's Witness.

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1. 10/25/08
  
  Anok
  
  Hey, I've been studying with JW's lately. Very neat interpretation.
2. 10/26/08
  
  DaneMorgan
  
  It's definitely a unique take.
10/25/08

rileycentral

No but in theory I think it could be possible to be married to someone with a different worldview. Tough, but possible. Why do you ask?

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1. 10/25/08
  
  DaneMorgan
  
  Kids can start making it tough...
2. 10/25/08
  
  MarkPogue
  
  Just a question....no structured objective.
10/25/08

amitchopra22

yes all my friends are of different belief s/s but we have some thing in common tht we don't believe in any religion. we believe in 1. cause there is some 1 up there and nothing else is there.
and 1 is every where then who we are to distinguish. discrimination has been done by human (fools) who don't want to accept humanism first. love first and relation first but religion first

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10/25/08

Anok

Well, the husband and I are both Pagan - but technically he is a Heathen, and I am Pagan, and we believe in different Gods - so...

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10/25/08

MarkPogue

Well, I guess I should participate as well.

I'm an atheist and my female companion is Reform Jew.
We get along quite well and we both know our limits of discussion. I've attended Shabbat services with her a couple times.

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10/25/08

Anniepooh

Quite a few of my friends have far different beliefs than my own. Not-so-far is my marriage; I am a Protestant and he is a Catholic. That's not as odd as it once was, but even when we married (1989) it caused some ripples on both sides of our families and still makes for some very interesting (read: heated) religious discussions.

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10/25/08

Sebastyne

Yes. I am what they call "spiritual" in belief, and my husband is disinterested. He's not even an atheist I don't think. He hasn't given it enough thought to have "a system". I wish I could talk to him about my beliefs and not get an answer in the form of roll eye, but well, I manage.

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1. 10/25/08
  
  MarkPogue
  
  Maybe he has other priorities? Faith/belief is not for everyone.
10/25/08

mlinauer

No. We are both Christian Conservative Republicans.

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10/25/08

hadrian1407

Yes...it does'nt matter what he believe in...

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10/26/08

MarkPogue

Any more comments?

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10/26/08

jaffermaniar

I have nothing against any two people having an interfaith relationship. I've a few close relatives and many friends who are in an interfaith relationship and they are all living happy lives.

But for me personally, (I'm a Muslim) - faith takes priority, and I've always pursued a relationship with a person of my own faith.

That said, in contrast it does not matter if she comes from a different culture or ethnicity.

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10/26/08

aningeniousname

Yeah my gf is French and it is a one of the highlights of my life constantly mentioning Agincourt,Crecy and Trafalgar.

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1. 10/26/08
  
  jaffermaniar
  
  I've a friend who's an Anglophone Canadian and his wife is a Québécoise. And the highlights of their trips to his in-laws in Quebec City is pointing out to them the Plains of Abraham, where the British defeated the French in a war which was pivotal in the creation of Canada.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plains_of_Abraham
  
  It always pisses them off !
2. 10/26/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  It's the only advantage to being British Jaf.
10/26/08

PrincessQuello

Yup.

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