2006-08-05 04:26:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
No. I would not give up what I believe in to be with ANYONE. If he cannot accept me as I am, be that because of his religion or other views he may have, then he is not for me, and I am not for him.
I personally am not a Christian, but I have strong views on Human Rights and equality between the sexes. Many Muslims do not share these views, and in fact there are Christians who don't, either.
A man needn't agree with me on everything for me to accept him as a partner - indeed, that would be boring - but yes, he should agree on basic things, and be from the same cultural sphere as I am. Not because I do not think other cultures are as good, or in fact better, but because I know that making a relationship work is difficult enough as it is, without having the additional strain of cultural differences to cope with.
2006-08-05 04:38:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a very Christian male and was married to a muslim woman and engaged to a second muslim woman after the marriage ended in divorce. I stayed a Christian and to both women, it wasn't even an issue... They were open minded and westernized themselves and they actually found Christianity a much more loving faith and they converted actually.
So be open minded, but if I was expected to convert to something that I dont believe in - I wouldnt and I would say goodbye !
2006-08-05 11:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by Baghdad Pete ! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you really love the Lord, you shouldn't =)
the bible says in 2 Corinthians 6:14 "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?" which is a command =) (by the way, "darkness" doesn't refer to muslims per se. it refers to anyone who does not believe in Jesus Christ. i have nothing against muslims or any other religion. God loves every one of us just the same.)
God is not a kill-joy, it's for your own good, anyway, if you follow 2Cor6:14. i know of many "christians" who married nonbelievers and got themselves into a lot of trouble; but anyway, let's follow what God says because we love Him, not because of consequences if we disobey. =)
i don't quite agree with the answerer "Baghdad Pete" above. he says he is very christian and yet outrightly disobeys what is clearly prohibited in the bible. but i figured maybe he is not yet aware of it. so i hope my answer sheds some light. just a note, let's not call ourselves christians if we follow our own set of morals and not Christ's/the bible's.
Below i quote "http://www.childoflight.org/yoked.html"
What does it mean to be unequally yoked?
Definition of YOKE: (from Latin to join) - a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)
Literally: the Bible uses beasts of burden as an example. If a donkey and an ox are yoked together (which God forbid the people of Israel to do in Deuteronomy 22:10), the yoke will weigh heavily on one animal while choking the other, or as the animal with the longer stride moves ahead it will painfully drag the other along by the neck! They would not be able to pull smoothly or painlessly together and little work would get done. But when two animals of approximately the same size and weight are yoked together, they pull the plow smoothly, helping each other, and work is accomplished.
Spiritually: becoming attached to a person who does not share your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior can be just as painful and counterproductive as the illustration of the unequally yoked animals. Whether attached financially (as in a business partnership) or emotionally (as a spouse), you are connected to someone who cannot "pull" equally with you in life.
Obviously, I've simplified this a great deal but I hope you understand what I mean.
How does a person become unequally yoked?
Certainly no one sets out in life and says, "I'm going to marry a godless heathen someday!" Still, there are several ways you could find yourself unequally yoked in marriage. Perhaps you were ignorant of your potential spouse's spiritual condition; you never asked him about his beliefs. Or perhaps you asked but he misrepresented himself by telling you he was a Christian when he wasn't. Maybe you married an unbeliever because you didn't know that God's Word prohibits it. Or you might have been fully aware of what God's Word says, but you willfully married an unbeliever anyway. Finally, both you and your spouse may have been unbelievers when you married and you came to faith before your husband.
No matter how you may have found yourself in a spiritually unequal marriage, Scripture has plenty to say on the subject! It is my hope that the verses and practical advice I'll offer here will give help, consolation, relief, and hope to every woman who is married to an unbeliever.
2006-08-05 11:39:54 · answer #3 · answered by obai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I´m troubled at what you ask. Just please deeply think... who are you?
It´s not about Muslim, christian or whatever its about who you are. It´s not like changing cloths, you cannot change what you are for nobody and if you intend to do it you will become nobody.
If i´m Christian and she is Muslim so be it. If we love each other, we can live together and respect what we are.
2006-08-05 11:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by adsomx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not really, but have an understand of both faith, and each side shold move more towards the other faith just out of respect and undestanding each other. if you love each other, religeon shouldnt be too much of a concern. Think about it, if religeon put aside, there is nothing to try to figure out, then only love counts.
2006-08-05 11:34:53 · answer #5 · answered by TerminaToR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh My God......for heavens sakes.....NO NO NO!!!!! What is wrong with you???? Those people are Crazy......they are all Crazy! Turn on the TV, sweetie, and watch an hour of the news!!!! How in the world could you sacrifice your whole self-being........even if he was not Muslim!!! No way.......you are headed down the path of the Devil!!!! Wise up or you will walk one sorry path!!!
2006-08-05 11:30:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How do you stop believeing what you know is true? And more importantly why would you? Are you and your beliefs worth so little?
2006-08-05 11:32:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you're thinking of turning your back on your religion, then your faith must not be that strong to begin with. let's say you deny your god for this guy and it doesn't work out, what then????
2006-08-05 11:32:00 · answer #8 · answered by warrior 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But, it doesn't mean we can not be together, we should learn to respect each other religion.
2006-08-05 11:42:50 · answer #9 · answered by Dawn Treader 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
HELL NO GURL...does he want you to be Muslim in other to be with him?????? if so, then his not the right one
2006-08-05 11:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋