Are you willing to chance religion so that you can get married?
By bulastika
@bulastika (5966)
Philippines
August 10, 2012 10:52am CST
I'm just curious and same time wondering why some agreed to chance religion or take the religion of the person they love and want to marry so that they will going to get married. I only have one question in my mind. Does it mean you love you God less compare to the love that you have with your husband to be or wife to be?
Because for me no matter what will going to happen I will not going to renounce my religion and take the religion of a person that I love and want to marry.
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7 responses
@mr_pearl (5018)
• India
11 Aug 12
Hi... I would choose Love.. It is real.. It is good and it'll make me happy... Religions are fake... Created by humans for their own sake... There's only one God... He can't be named or pictured... The Almighty will be happy too, if I married the girl I love... Religion is Nothing! Oh wait, it is a fake thing... Anything for Love my friend... I'll change thousand religions if that gets me to my love... :-)
@mr_pearl (5018)
• India
12 Aug 12
Who's talkin' about fakin'? Of course she'll know it beforehand... Now, first of all, I will never fall in love with an extra-religious girl... I can never get along with such types.. So even a relation began with such a girl, it'll never end up in marriage... You ask who is my God! I told ya man, we can't name the Almighty or picture... For me Religion is an incovienience to peace..
Some people create hate among each other based on 'religion'. There've been numerous wars, based on 'religion'.. Reason: A religious person always thinks his/her religion is the Best and hates other religions.. They are not hating religions, but the people of other religions... They forget the fact that we are all humans, there can't be more than 2 categories: men & women...
Religions & Rituals have caused us so much of pain that I recommend all religions to be buried 10 miles beneath the ground... Let us all of us live together as 'Human Beings'. And let us not insult Thee by naming or framing him...
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
12 Aug 12
Its funny that you believe in God but you don't believe in religion? Then who is your God? A complete stranger? For me religion is about faith. If you change religion just because of love then your just fooling yourself. And I guess if that person you love realize that you are just changing religion not because you believe on what he or she believe on and not truly true to the religion or just faking it to get along with your love then what will you think going to happen?
@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
10 Aug 12
Love doesn't know any religion or beliefs.
Therefore, I won't marry someone who will obliged me to change or convert to his religion.
If the person loves me, then religion won't be a problem or will never be a hindrance for us to love each other.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
12 Aug 12
I guess you don't understand what my thread is about. My thread is about changing religion so that you can get religious rites. So if you two love each others you will just going to decide not to get religious wedding? Its because my thread is about religion and marriage.
@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
12 Aug 12
my answer would still be the same...
I will never change my religion all because of the wedding rites/ceremony- whatever you want to imply with your topic.
My answer is also clear...I wrote that love doesn't know any religion.
But to simplify my answer is...NO- I WILL NEVER CHANGE MY RELIGION for the sake of wedding rites/ceremony- religious rites-religious ceremony (whatever)
@lelin1123 (15594)
• Puerto Rico
10 Aug 12
I guess it would depend on what changes would happen if I took on a different religion. For me I'm a catholic but I don't go to church and feel that every religion has the same GOD. However, in each religion they implement their own manmade rules. So for me it wouldn't be a big difference unless I was to change to the Jewish religion or others where you had to go to church all the time. I know in Catholic religion you are suppose to go to church every Sunday and holy days. For me there are no catholic churches near me so this is why I don't go. When I lived in New York I would go every Sunday. Now I feel its good enough to say your prays everyday and be a good person to all. As long as I was not getting married to a Jewish man I would change my religion with no problem.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
12 Aug 12
How about Islam? or Buddhism? and other religion? Is it okay with you as long not Jewish? Me I don't mind if I get married with a Jewish woman. But I guess I will still going to retain my own faith. But problem with inter religion marriages is that when you have children what religion will they going to get?
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
12 Aug 12
That's sad. But I'm just wondering why is religion so strict about marriage. I mean why not both can keep their faith. If they really love each other and they also have their strong faith. Why do we need to choose one religion only? But same time the problem is this. when you have children what will be the religion of your children? I guess this is the reason.
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
10 Aug 12
I do believe people can't change their true beliefs, because they are inherent... so this whole giving up religion, especially if someone prides themselves so much in their religion before, is fake. Either they weren't that religious, or they still believe that religion. So I wouldn't do that, if it would not come from my heart. I'm not going to lose my own thoughts. And also, if my partner asks me to get rid of my religion, they don't love me.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
12 Aug 12
Its not really that your partner want you to get rid of your relgion. Since in religious marriage you can't get married if you don't have the same religion. That's why its important that you need to use choose religion. Either yours or your partners. But for me its an insult if you chance religion simply because you want to get married and not because you have faith to that religion. Because its sacrilege if you going to get married to that religion that you don't have faith.
@freqspaz (220)
• United States
10 Aug 12
This has always confused me. I myself, am an atheist, but I have always wondered how the whole changing of religions works? Like, Going from Christianity to Judaism or something, wouldn't the person being dammed for changing because they are worshiping another god before their own, or does it now not apply because they no longer believe in the first god and the tenants of the new one take precedence?
SO when you are doing it for reasons that don't even pertain to the deity in question, how exactly does the dogma work? Because wouldn't be changing your faith be blasphemy when you are doing it for a mere man?
I please take no offense I really don't know or understand and when I do ask questions like this I normally get shunned or looked at funny.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
12 Aug 12
Actually my thread is about changing religion because of marriage not because you are losing faith but its because you want to get married.
But in term of faith in religion.
Theirs only few questions you need to ask yourself to know if theirs a God or not.
One is do you know what chair means? Do you have chair at home? Now do you think that chair just exist or someone or something made it? If someone made it then go outside and look in the sky. Do you think that sky just exist or someone made those skies? In short every thing that exist does not just appear its come from something or someone and the one that created is actually our creator.
@kenshin2143 (1880)
• Philippines
10 Aug 12
There are religion that really REQUIRES one to change faith in order for the couple to be married. However, in terms of your question, I also wonder how couple weighs their faith and their partner.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
11 Aug 12
Because for me what is most important is religion. I mean you can live for how many years? 70? 100 years? But I'm sure if you die your God will ask you will did you loss faith? You will answer its because I want to marry? lols. I really don't understand why many can sell their faith for love.
