let's say you were in love with someone and they wanted you to convert to their religion, and you did it just to make them happy, but you didn't really mean it. sure you go through all the motions, attend church, whatever...but to you it's no more important than paying your bills on time or washing your car.
2007-02-12 22:57:31 · 17 answers · asked by Kismet 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i'm not in love with anyone, i just happened to think up this question.
2007-02-12 23:05:30 · update #1
You mean just going through the motions? You'd be in good company. It's what a lot of people do. But would it not mean compromising your integrity and living a lie? Would a person who really loves you expect you to jump through hoops like a trained seal?
2007-02-12 23:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me, that's not even a valid conversion.
In my religion, Roman Catholicism, it's not considered a valid conversion to Catholicism if, as you say, the person didn't really mean it -- if they only do it to make someone else happy or whatever.
Reception of any Catholic sacrament, including baptism into the Church, requires full consent and a true belief that one is receiving the grace that the sacrament transmit. "Just going through the motions" for ulterior motives doesn't cut it.
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2007-02-13 07:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm....good question. My brother converted to Catholicism to make his 1st wife's mother happy. He went through all of the classes for her. It didn't bother him, since he already went to Mass on Christmas and Easter with a lot of his Catholic friends. Four years later she was handing him divorce papers (some Catholic, eh?) Now he's back to being nominally (non-church-going) Methodist.
Another friend of mine had to officially convert to Islam in order to marry his wife (in Islam, men can marry outside of their faith, but women can't for fear that their husbands will forbid them from practicing their faith). He had that same dilemma, too....was it right to do so if he didn't believe? They're still together, but he avoids her parents whenever he can because he doesn't do the prescribed prayers or go to Mosque on Fridays. Thankfully his wife is a liberal Muslim, and doesn't harangue him about it.
2007-02-13 07:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by mamasquirrel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you'll find the majority of religious 'believers' don't actually believe their religion, they are just too scared to change and happy with existing in their bubble of delusion.
Oh, I wonder if I'll get thumbs-down for this. I wonder.
PS, its a shame you are not in love with anyone, because it is a feeling that gives life purpose. I am very much in love with my fiancée. We'll be marrying in June this year and I can't wait to see her in a beautiful white dress.
2007-02-13 07:02:06 · answer #4 · answered by Mawkish 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
So whats wrong with that. That's what most peoples religion means to them anyway.
2007-02-13 07:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
* Well it is people like this who have taken a hold of the churches of christ these last thirty years and have caused them to stray away from the bible.*
2007-02-13 07:05:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you should find a way to really enjoy of follow God
There is a book and DVD called WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU DONT DESIRE GOD for starters
http://www.desiringgod.org
2007-02-13 07:03:36 · answer #7 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ahem...you are in love with someone, you are making them happy, it's no skin off your nose...what was your question again ?
2007-02-13 07:01:53 · answer #8 · answered by =42 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, since you don't really care about the religion, then no, I guess it wouldn't be. Can't hurt what you don't care about.
2007-02-13 07:03:37 · answer #9 · answered by David H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your heart is not there, then there is no conversion. Religion is not a convenience of marriage----it is a serious business.
2007-02-13 07:03:52 · answer #10 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋