Would you date outside your denomination?

[LadyOfMystery]

Okay, so I read Kirk's thread about not dating outside of being Lutheran, so I thought I would make up a thread/poll about dating outside ones denomation. Does it matter to you? Please explain your reasoning either way.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Just as long as she is not Catholic. That is just too much of a theological diffference for me.

 

[Trashionista]

Depends what the demonination is. There are several that come to mind, but I'll leave that for people to guess for themselves.

In all seriousness, I can't see myself marrying an Amish person, or a Jehovah's Witness. A loud-mouth Evangelical from Jesus Camp would probably fall under this umbrella as well. But in all honesty, I somehow doubt they'd really be all that impressed with me to begin with. Demonination/faith doesn't really phase me. I just don't want someone who's really conservative. No-one who's really right-wing.

If we click, he respects my belief system, and is liberal, I could see myself settling down with that person. Regardless of what they believe.

 

[Sketcher]

I'm non-denominational, so in the strictest sense, this doesn't really apply to me. But I do believe that if a couple can't worship together, they shouldn't be together. There are certain denominations (or even schools of thought, since certain issues transcend denominations) that I avoid like the plague, so if a gal belongs to one of those I probably won't be making long range plans around her.

 

[sampa]

yes, no problem. Those that aren't Christian, like buddhist I've had an attraction tango for as long as 2 years maybe even more, but I won't go past that line of friendship.

 

[Sketcher]

Just as long as she is not Catholic. That is just too much of a theological diffference for me.

Orthodox aren't that different, FYI.

 

[mina]

yes, as long as they were willing to find a common ground. I would be willing to do that as well. If they 100% insisted that i become their denomination (no matter the denomination), no questions asked , then no. I would be more concerned if they were a Christian who had a daily personal relationship with Christ.

 

[septemberskies]

Yep i would date outside of my denomination... and to cut to the chase and save time on future polls I have generated these common questions:


Q:Interracial dating? A:Yes and I have
Q:Someone many many years older? A: Probably not, we'd have not too much in common
Q:Someone with a hairy back? A:Absolutely!!!
Q:Someone without a hairy back? A:It would be a stretch but i'm willing to accept that about him.
Q:A person born in New Jersey? A:
A Someone who does not know how to moonwalk? A: He better be one Smooth Criminal and steal my heart
Q:A person who doesn't know how to make the bed? A:What kind of a world do we live in????
Q:A fan of Seinfeld? A:I'd rather be single for the rest of my life.

 

[ido]

Yep i would date outside of my denomination... and to cut to the chase and save time on future polls I have generated these common questions:


Q:Interracial dating? A:Yes and I have
Q:Someone many many years older? A: Probably not, we'd have not too much in common
Q:Someone with a hairy back? A:Absolutely!!!
Q:Someone without a hairy back? A:It would be a stretch but i'm willing to accept that about him.
Q:A person born in New Jersey? A:
A Someone who does not know how to moonwalk? A: He better be one Smooth Criminal and steal my heart
Q:A person who doesn't know how to make the bed? A:What kind of a world do we live in????
Q:A fan of Seinfeld? A:I'd rather be single for the rest of my life.

 

[ido]

I voted that it doesn't matter either way. Why? Because when you find the person that is right for you, God will lead you both to the church that is right for you as a couple. My BIL is Greek Orthodox and my sister is Methodist. They tried attending each other's churches and were not satisfied. Now, they attend a non-denominational church and love it.

 

[LadyOfMystery]

*Takes SS's questions*
Q:Interracial dating? A: Nope.
Q:Someone many many years older? A: I don't usually go over 7 years.
Q:Someone with a hairy back? A: Every guy has a hairy back unless he shaves it, which is sorta creepy.
Q:Someone without a hairy back? A:A bit creepy.. He'd have to be realllyyy awesome. lol
Q:A person born in New Jersey? A: Sure, why not.
A Someone who does not know how to moonwalk? A: lol..of course.
Q:A person who doesn't know how to make the bed? What man does? Lol
Q:A fan of Seinfeld? A: Sure.

 

[Qyöt27]

Of course I would, but like others have responded with, it'd depend on some distinctives and if they could respect my beliefs on those subjects.

Q:Someone with a hairy back? A: Every guy has a hairy back unless he shaves it, which is sorta creepy.
Q:Someone without a hairy back? A:A bit creepy.. He'd have to be realllyyy awesome. lol

Eh? Depends on how you define 'hairy' then. Excessive back hair doesn't run in our family. Most of it tends to be sparse and only across the upper back, between the shoulders. And that stuff is terribly annoying. I know I'd be more than happy to get those follicles killed so I wouldn't have to deal with it anymore.

 

[Sketcher]

Q:Someone with a hairy back? A: Every guy has a hairy back unless he shaves it, which is sorta creepy.
Q:Someone without a hairy back? A:A bit creepy.. He'd have to be realllyyy awesome. lol

Darned if you do, darned if you don't.

 

[GQ Chris]

I would, but eventually for me to consider something more serious she would have to be okay with worshipping where I am at because ultimately I believe the Man is ordained in the relationship to be the Spiritual Leader of the relationship and eventually the marriage it if gets to that point.

 

[twebcheater]

Would i date inside my own? (whatever that is haha) In all seriousness though, I don't see how it could make any difference unless there were major theological differences as say if i was thinking about a catholic or mormon. There are plenty of denominations that preach the right things, some people just fit in some better than others.

 

[Quoth]

I don't have a denom, so I sorta have to date outside of my denom if I want to date at all

What I will say is that I wouldn't date someone whose allegiance is to their denomination first...their allegiance needs to be to Christ first.

 

[Blank123]

not belonging to a denomination myself- i don't really care what denomination he belongs to just as long as we have a common theological ground and he was okay with the fact that i personally do not want to join a denomination.

 

[K9_Trainer]

I would.

Denomination doesn't really matter to me. The only one's that are iffy are Catholic and Mormon. It depends on the person though. A serious Mormom or Catholic wouldn't want anything to do with me anyway.

 

[GuacaMolly]

Although right now I consider myself a non-denom., my doctrine is still very Baptist, with some big exceptions. I would be willing to date someone from most all denom.s, but if we got serious, doctrinal alignment would be very important to me, and I find that even people from different denom.s can often agree on that. So I'm not tied up in knots over it

Edit: I do not consider Mormons a denom. of Christianity, so that would be totally out of the picture for me.

 

[Beautiful Fireball]

Considering I don't really associate with a denomination it would be weird for me to say no. My boyfriend is Lutheran and more conservative than I am, but it has never ever been an issue for us.