So the title pretty much sums up the topic. I am wondering what the general opinion of this forum would be on interfaith marriage. Does anyone think that it is biblically permissible.
FYI, I'm not looking for a debate, I really am just genuinely curious. Thanks for your thoughts!
So the title pretty much sums up the topic. I am wondering what the general opinion of this forum would be on interfaith marriage. Does anyone think that it is biblically permissible.
FYI, I'm not looking for a debate, I really am just genuinely curious. Thanks for your thoughts!
If you mean by "interfaith", a Protestant marrying someone Catholic or Orthodox, I don't have any problem with that, though there would be some practical issues to deal with. But if you mean a Christian marrying an atheist or someone from a completely different faith tradition, no, I don't think that's biblically permissible.
But I'm not going to tell anybody else what they should do. For me personally, at this stage in my life, I'd have trouble marrying anyone but another Christian, and I'd be a little particular about what kind of Christian. Denomination doesn't matter much to me, short of weird cults, but attitude matters a lot, and somebody who was all legalistic, say, wouldn't be a good match for me, nor would an extreme fundamentalist or an extreme liberal. Most others, we could probably work it out.
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While I would think it difficult for Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox to intermarry (as demonstrated by Christian's tendency to eat each alive) I would think it much harder for totally different religions to intermarry. That being said, if you can make it work all the more power to you. I'm not against it.
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As long as each party (whether Christian or Non-Christian (because few of Christ's are still in the World)) trully Loves Jesus Christ, I don't see anything wrong with it. But if the individuals whether Christian or Non-Christian are not showing fruits of Love, there's going to be some problems. Jesus told us that we would be able to easily See who belonged to Him and the people who do not (by His Characteristic and fruit of LOVE). No human being on this Earth can have that TRUE Characteristic without Him.
Thanks for asking the question.
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Last edited by silscr; 16th October 2009 at 03:23 PM.
If you don't share the same foundation for your individual lives, how can you build on the same foundation in your marriage? Also, you're going to hit a major obstacle when it comes to deciding how you will raise your children.
IMO, ethnic and/or racial differences would be much easier to overcome in marriage than differences in faith, unless you don't take your faith very seriously to begin with.
I would whole-heartedly recommend against any kind of interfaith marriage. If a person is truly devoted to Christ, why would he/she want to devote him/herself to someone who is not?
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