Compatability Question?

[ceres]

I think it would be difficult for a protestant and a Catholic to have a harmonious marriage if neither of them is willing to follow the belief's of the other to a certain extent. The Catholic wouldn't believe in birth control and have certain beliefs about sex that a Protestant doesn't believe in and unless they decide which beliefs they are going to follow it might be difficult. But if they are not devout it wouldn't be too big of a problem. There are a lot of little differences, like views on baptism and communion.

 

[seebs]

I think it would be difficult for a protestant and a Catholic to have a harmonious marriage if neither of them is willing to follow the belief's of the other to a certain extent. The Catholic wouldn't believe in birth control and have certain beliefs about sex that a Protestant doesn't believe in and unless they decide which beliefs they are going to follow it might be difficult. But if they are not devout it wouldn't be too big of a problem. There are a lot of little differences, like views on baptism and communion.

This may come as a shock, but many Protestants, while not necessarily opposed to birth control, may not believe it to be forbidden.

 

[Stanfi]

Consider these scriptures:

Phi 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mindd

Mar 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Don't you think these apply in this situation? I do.

 

[seebs]

Well, I don't know that I think they apply directly. I mean, the second one was in the context of people accusing Jesus of using the power of demons to drive demons out.

Christians who believe different things about the fine points of theology need not be "divided"; they may be together in Christ, despite those differences. This is what Paul was arguing for when telling people to stop arguing about which people they followed, and instead be together in Christ.

Asking that the leaders of a religious community try not to be contentious is not the same as saying it's a horrible problem for married people to disagree on points of theology.