What do I do???

Question

I grew up in a Christian home.. and my boyfriend is Muslim.. He asked me to mary him. I really love him, and want to marry him, but I cant marry him unless I convert to Islam. Problem is, I beleive the teachings of both Christianity AND Islam. To convert, I have to soley and wholeheartedly beleive in the teachings of Islam, and I dont.. I know that if I convert only to marry him, that I will go to hell, for not following Islam as it is written.. What do I do??

Answer 1

You already know what you need to do. You just don't want to do it.

Consider what the possible outcome might be if you turn your back on what you feel in your heart.

The God of Islam is not the God of the Bible. Before Mohammed, Mecca was the holy city for all of the gods that the arabic people believed in. The moon god was called Allah. This was the god that Mohammed served. Why do you think that the crescent is the symbol for Islam?

Do what you you know is right in your heart.

Answer 2

We have a Police officer (Muslim) marrying a Hindu girl (Handicapped), in Karnataka, South India, and each is following his own religious beliefs for the last 35 years or so. That is called real love and humanity.
Our hindu girls, here in India, also face the same problem and most of them convert to Islam. No muslim has converted to Hinduism to marry the girl he loves. One Christian boy who married a Muslim girl, was hounded and killed by the relatives of the Muslim girl, orphaning the only child they had. That is the mentality of Muslims.
In your case, as you are a devout Christian tell your friend to get converted to Christianity, or you can live your own religion, even after the marriage, if both of you concur. Choice is yours.

Answer 3

There is no hell and you can do whatever you think is best for you. Personally I don't think you should be forced to be in any kind of religion. Some you will never escape. They are detremental to your growth as an individual and a free spirit.

God is God. Whether we view Him from Christianity or Muslim religion. Our views may be different, but it is the same God. And you are a part of that God. No matter what you do, you are inseperable. You are not just created, you are it. God is experiencing life as you.

And I really think He is tired of religion and just wants to enjoy life!

Marriage is binding enough, don't let a religion bind you as well. No man is worth your freedom of choice. Love can be love, but it cannot always mean being able to tolerate eachother's lives.

Answer 4

!! Corinthians 6;14 makes it very clear what you must do.
Only the very very foolish convert to Islam.
And to convert to Islam from Christianity is just plain insane.
Read "Islam Unveiled" by Robert Spencer, Encounter Books,
San Francisco.
I Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!

By the way in Islam, Terrorism, Pedophilia, and Wife Beating,
and Bigamy are permitted with impunity.

Answer 5

There was a similar question some days ago.
I think that there is NO NEED to CONVERT your religion.
Islam as such is a very moderate faith- but is being hijacked by fundamentalists.
I personally have married outside my faith and we go to my and my wife's place of worship TOGETHER!!
Wheres the FUN in converting...
Its much cooler to have 2 different Gods to pray to... that way you have more HANDS helping you in time of distress!
Cheer$

Answer 6

why dont you ask him if he loves you that much.............. wait up, is it against the muslim belief to ask someone not muslim to get married? so many loopholes. does he think that you ARE muslim already? has he ever given you the respect of trying your religion? I am by no means trying to create problems, but my girlfriends are of different religions then my own, and if I loved them i would let them be themselves. choose whatever YOU want to believe in, not because you feel forced. Granted that you said you believe in the muslim beliefs, could you just walk away from your own? didnt God or Allah give us our own minds?
If so, why would he then turn it around and try to CONTROL us?
Also, by saying Islam, were you referring to the KORAN? Nowhere in the Holy book does it say anything about changing your feelings about a higher being. (Coose me Choose me, all the other people in the galaxy that believe in a higher power by a different name are incorrect in their beliefs) So wrong of a religion that says Love thy neighbor to turn their backs on the rest of society. But this is just my opinion.

Choose well ....................... Foshow

Answer 7

What is up with these Guys. If he loves you, then he would not make you turn away from God and believe in a Man Named Moho mid. This is something that you will have to pray about, and try to handle in a Godly way, but for me there would not be a choice, "Sorry Honey, God first you second"

Answer 8

that's a tough situation...but 2 things spring immediately to mind...#1-you cannot be a devout muslim AND a Christian at the same time...#2-you have to decide which relationship is more important-the one with your boyfriend, or the one with God

Answer 9

I know women who have married in haste and repented in leisure (Christian women who marry Muslim men are -- first, disobeying the Christian God -- being unequally yoked -- and second, setting themselves up for a lifetime of misery -- if they truly love their husbands -- and also love Jesus Christ).

Cordially,
John

Answer 10

Both of you need to break out of the mental prison of religion and just realize that god is love. Love each other and throw those books out. Please, join those of us who live in the present and leave the ancient misguided ideologies where they belong -- in the past!