Would you give up your religion for the person you love?

Let me change the question slightly! I would not marry a religious person. I could not stand the religious jargon day in and day out, that I would be surrounded with. Life is too short for such nonsense! My wife and I have coexisted very well for 55 years, and there is no doubt in my mind that the reason is, we don't do Religion.

Thanks to the God, I didn't involved in this situation. I am fall in love with someone who have the same religion with me and now we have married. If I fall in love with someone who have different religion, and she make me happy, maybe I will give up my religion. I will change my religion with the same religion with my partner because for me religion is just like a vehicle. Religion is our way toward God. Each religion has the same goal, and I believed I will reach my goal even though I change my vehicle, sooner or later.

Hi Spiderlizard, No I would not give up anything I strongly believe in for anyone. If that person loved me then he would not expect me to just as I would not expect him to. Love is all about what we have in common as well as respecting each others differences. I would never ever ask another person to change their core beliefs or convictions for me. These are the things that make them who they are. Likewise, I would not tolerate someone demanding me to change these things. If someone gave me an ultimatum then I would have to say that this man really does not love me at all. He wants what he thinks I should be.

Nah, I guess even if I love him so dearly. I think if he feels the same towards me, he will respect my choices and decision and he will never ask me to turn away from my faith,that molds me to become a better person.Religion is not something that will hinder the growth of your relationship or you as individual but in fact it will strengthened your bond to see if he is there with you to support you for whatever you think is good for your relationship.

No, i would not give up my religion for someone in my entire life as it is clear who loves you very much does not want you to give up your religion. Everybody knows it is very sensitive thing and people are very much attached to it. So, i would not suggest anybody to give up their religion. For me, be religious is not a bad thing; in fact, it teaches us good things and we should follow our religion in good way.

I think in the long run it would depend on how the partner respect each others religion. It maybe hard along the way but there is a greater risk that there is a conflict of beliefs but it is a tough decision to make especially if the religion is a major concern to each individual. For me as a Catholic, I would like to go to church with the one I love and we grow our faith together in the same church it would be much easier. In short, I prefer same religion :-)

If a person is willing to give up their beliefs to get married, I'd wonder how long before they gave up their marriage for something that seems more important at the time.

I do not think so. I believe that love alone cannot establish or form a good relationship. We have to have the same beliefs and that there should not be a precondition. If he loves me, he should not force me to change my religion or vice versa. Besides, we only have one God, so why he has to ask me to give up mine. If he cannot accept mine, then it would be a disadvantage that he might not be able to accept my flaws.

Hi, I do believe if that person loves me alot, he must don't bother that much about different religion that we have. and he does not have the right to ask me to give up my religion. Different religion couples can still work out together as long as they trust each other and respect each other. Both me and my husband are from different religion. But we never force each other to stick to one religion.we have freedom to choose what religion we believe in.

If his religion would be the right path for my eternal salvation then why not.But for my case it was my husband who forsaken his former religion.Tho I knew the fact that he did it just to please me and make things easier for our wedding.But I made it clear to him that he must commit himself because he understood the teachings in the Bible cos it will be a commitment between Him and God and not between me and him.

Your religion is part of who you are as a person. if someone truly loves you, they will not ask you to give up something to important. they should accept you for who you are and be respectful of your religion.

I guess I have been fortunate enough to not have to think about that with the ones I have had relationships with. It always seemed to be all right that I was a different religion than they were. I think though if they were pressuring me to leave my religion for theirs that they really didn't love me for me. I think that if someone loves you they love everything about you not just some things and religion is a big part of my life so no I would not give it up I would try to work out an agreement with them.

I have given up my religion not because I love my husband but I felt at home and more closer to God with his church. I love the church, the people, the pastor, the teachings and everything with it. I felt in love with the religion itself.

Religion is a tricky subject. One could say that you don't have enough faith if you give up what you supposedly believe for the one you love. Myself I try to be accepting of all religions (as long as they aren't out to hurt other people). I think in a way that all "God's" are one in the same if there is such a being at all. As many differences there are between religions there are many similarities too, and as I said earlier as long as the religion is not trying to cause mental, or physical harm to others, and as long as it brings peace of mind, and fullness to someone's life than it is the right religion for them. If I were in the position where I believed something very strongly, and was being asked to give it up I would question why they want me to give it up, and how much the person actually loves me being that they aren't willing to be accepting of my religion. On the other hand if my religion required that I not be with a certain person I would take into consideration why my religion has such doctrine. What makes that particular person a person that I should not be with? Sometimes laws, and rules are created that hold no merit in today's world, or that can't be used as a blanket to cover an entire race, or group of people. People are individuals if you look at the particular religion, and research why it forbids its followers from being with whatever the other race, nationality, or group than you can make your mind up for yourself. Is this person really like what my religion describes, or was this rule created in its belief system because of a handful of bad people who do not necessarily represent everyone?