Problem With Religion?

[davidboy81]

I've been dating my partner for 7-8 years, we have been living together so long we may as well be married. I am a protestant, she a catholic, she has a strong catholic faith, I don't want to give up my protestant faith, We are stuck at a stailmate. We have been engaged for about 6 years and still not married and being a christian this makes me angry, we have 2 children and this is not fair on them either. I want to be able to take my children to church on a Sunday with my GF but neither of us go now as its not fair on the other one. We just do not know what to do.

Any help appreciated

 

[K9_Trainer]

can't you make some kind of compromise?

Maybe you all go to her church as a family one sunday, then to yours on the next and alternate like that?

 

[Weasel7711]

I've been dating my partner for 7-8 years, we have been living together so long we may as well be married. I am a protestant, she a catholic, she has a strong catholic faith, I don't want to give up my protestant faith, We are stuck at a stailmate. We have been engaged for about 6 years and still not married and being a christian this makes me angry, we have 2 children and this is not fair on them either. I want to be able to take my children to church on a Sunday with my GF but neither of us go now as its not fair on the other one. We just do not know what to do.

Any help appreciated

become a lutheran?

 

[Blank123]

sounds like you both need to really sit down and decide together what you really believe and where you're united now in faith and pursue that together. If going to one church is more important than your relationship moving forward according to God's will is there any reason to stay together? Your kids need a proper Christian upbringing and that means proper doctrinal instruction and seeing their parents live out their faith including matters of marriage. I think i'd actually suggest one of you moving out until you can get things in order and figure out where and how you're going to move forward.

 

[Teufelhund]

I'm a catholic marrying a protestant. We're both keeping our faiths. I cannot see why this would be an issue for somebody just go to both churchs like say the Saturday evening mass, which I go to and the sunday morning service.

 

[eatenbylocusts]

You have two kids. Get some counseling to help mediate this and get married asap. You're supposed to be the spiritual head. Is she not willing to get married unless you become Catholic. I don't know too many women who would turn down a marriage proposal from the father of their kids unless he was a mean womanizer.

For the sake of the kids, if attending her church is the only way, then it's worth it. Should I even say it? This should've been resolved a long time ago, like at the beginning of dating. This is more of a warning to those who are still looking.

 

[christloved1122]

Both relegions put christ at the center.
Neither of you should have to give up your Religions.
You both just have differnt ways of honoring christ.

 

[ImperialPhantom]

You're both worshipping the same God and same Jesus. What's the problem?

 

[Ceili]

Practice what you feel comfortable with keep your faiths. I don't think it's the religion difference keeping you from marriage,could it be something ese?

 

[dawnsday]

My best friend married into a strong catholic family. The ceremony was in a Lutheran church with a catholic priest and a Lutheran minister and they baptized the child catholic but are raising him both...they go to both churches and are going to teach him to choose for himself, so long as he understands Christ is his savior...