Both of you feel strongly about your religion and believe it to be the one and only true religion, one person is for example Catholic and the other person is a Buddist. Would you insist your children choose your religion over your spouses or would you let them choose for themselves?
2006-06-09 14:04:38 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would teach them both sides, and when they are older, they can choose the right path for them, even if it is completely different than your two.
2006-06-09 14:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by buildingadesertx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For starters, if any of the two partners were that serious about their religion, they wouldn't have gone ahead with the marriage. This is especially so because they'd have thought about which religion they'd want their kids to follow. Since each person feels his/her religion is the one and only true religion, no one will agree for the kids to follow the other person's religion.
I can't imagine myself in this situation, but if I for whatever reason I do find myself in such, I'll let them be introduced to both religions. When they're old enough I would let them choose between the two. I'll pray for them and hope the true God would draw them to Himself.
2006-06-09 14:32:52 · answer #2 · answered by harmony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, those two people don't need to be married. Not that people of different religions shouldn't get married, but I think its going to cause alot of trouble between them. If one believes so strongly in their church doctrine, and the other isn't going to switch to that doctrine, I believe the marriage won't last. Now I do know some families a generation before mine, ( I'm 37), that married with different religious backgrounds and agreed that if the child was a boy it would follow the husbands church and if it was a girl, it would follow the wifes church. Now if two people agree to go to different churches before they get married, then great!!
2006-06-09 14:11:52 · answer #3 · answered by summerbreeze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you love someone enough to marry them despite them believing a different religion, then I would guess that you would be openminded enough to allow your children the opportunity to experience all religions.
Personally, I would allow my children to choose whatever brought them peace and happiness.
And just because I am Christian, I would not follow whatever my husband wanted because I was married to him if I believed something different.
2006-06-09 14:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholic parents, even if only one parent is Catholics, are obligated to bring their children up in the faith. This has great potential to cause tremdous friction between a Catholic and non-Catholic spouse.
The key to avoiding this unpleasent scenario is to settle the issue before the couple even gets married. If it were me, I would not be willing to compromise, even if that meant walking away from a fiancee.
2006-06-10 03:09:50 · answer #5 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couple clarifications.
First - Buddhists wouldn't care. Buddha taught that there was more than one path to truth, and that while his teachings are "a" path, they are not "the only" path.
Second - If you change "Buddhist" to something else, like "Jehovah's Witness" or "Born again Christian", or some other truly zealous faith, then odds are, their relationship would not have evolved to the point of marriage. They would not be able to surpass their differences of faith, and even if they did, could they surpass the reactions of both their families and their churches? Highly doubtful.
2006-06-09 14:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by Spooky - Gender Anarchist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should give your children information on both religions and let them choose for themselves. Raise them learning about both religions and when they are older they will choose the one thats right for them.
2006-06-09 14:10:27 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I'd be surprised that two people with radically different beliefs would agree with each other enough get married in the first place. But, if it did happen, they should each explain their beliefs and let the child choose.
2006-06-09 14:09:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Mom tried to raise my sister and me as Catholics. She sent us to church and catholic schools and all that. Didn't work out though, cause my sister and I both chose to be atheists, just like my Dad.
I didn't mind Catholic school when I was younger, cause all those god stories teach you ethics and morals and that's what's lacking in most families & public schools nowadays.
But you can probably replace god stories with pooh bear stories and get the same results.
2006-06-09 14:15:14 · answer #9 · answered by KAT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would teach them about a variety of beliefs and religions, and then when they are old enough then I would let them decide what the want to believe.
2006-06-09 14:08:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋