Is it OK to date someone of a different religion?
When it comes to religion and choosing a partner, it’s easy and probably most convenient to go by the rules that your church, family, or those closest to you have set. It’s possible to love someone of a different faith and be dedicated to your religion, too.
Is it possible to have a religion even without the belief in God explain your answer?
Inspired, or at least guided by, James, the attorney and philosopher Ronald Dworkin wrote Religion Without God, in which he says there can be such a thing as a “religious atheist.” Basically, you can have religion without God if you have faith that something exists beyond the fact of the universe.
Is your future spouse choosing religion over you?
Anyone who chooses religion over you is not your future spouse. Which brings up a bigger point: let’s stop obsessing about WHY people do things. The truth is, we’ll never know people’s motivations for acting. “Why didn’t she call me back?” wonders a guy after a first date.
Do you value religion above all in a relationship?
And yes, I have clients who value religion above all, and demand that a partner feel the same. These are all arbitrary deal-breakers, which often serve to keep these people alone for a really long time. The thing is: you can’t tell them that they should change.
Does religion come between you when it comes to marriage?
A Muslim woman set to marry a Christian man worries about their different religions. Mariella Frostrup says it’s her family and partner who matter most Mariella Frostrup: ‘Religion may come between you, but then so could bathroom habits, competitive parenting or your work lives.’
Does religion Matter Anymore?
Some people (including some industrious person who sent me an anonymous copy of Why Marry Jewish, and another who compared me to Hitler) get really bent out of shape about this — as if I was saying that religion doesn’t matter. Not true. Religion absolutely matters — if you make it matter. Loving dogs absolutely matters — if you make it matter.