How many of you are married to someone that has a different belief,?

Question

... a different religion, or simply a different point of view about spirituality in general? How have you worked things out?

My religion is Spiritism.
My husband's Christian.

He stopped bugging me after our daughter who is 4 years-old saw spirits. She described them differently eveytime.

Respectfull answers, please!
If you dont know what to say, dont say anything.

Apostle Jeff: I am just wondering how God told you about your wife before you met her. Did He whisper in your ear? You had a dream?

Answer 1

I am not yet married, but my longtime girlfriend doesn't share my Catholic faith. I would only see it as a major issue if we were planning to have children someday; however, we're both very adamant about not wanting children, so there will be no question of what belief to raise the non-existent offspring in. However, she's said many times that if we were to have children (which we will not), she actually wouldn't mind if I raised them Catholic or sent them to Catholic school. We are quite respectful of each other's beliefs.

Answer 2

I was married to a woman who was raised Lutheran. I was too. We attended a Baptist Church one night before our marriage. I got saved and she refused. We had a terrible marriage. She always thought that everything was my fault and that she was the "Good" Christian because she went to Church and gave money. She ended up going out with some guy that she met while she was working at the nearby bar, while we were still married. Anyways, we argued about everything. She refused to do anything I wanted and we argued on how to raise our kids. She fought dirty and is very bitter, even to this day. Anyways, I met a wonderful "Spirit Filled" Christian 10 years later. Now we have an excellent marriage. We enjoy each other and enjoy doing things together, all the time. I think that real Christians should go out with real Christians. They end up so unhappy with huge problems if they don't. These problems could have been avoided by choosing the right person in the first place. Most people spend more time looking for the right car than a good mate. My advice for Christians is to cultivate such a good relationship with God first, then God will bring them the right mate. God told me that I was going to marry my wife before we even dated. He was right and He did a better job than I could ever do on my own.

Answer 3

I married someone who has different beliefs that me. My wife believes I do not need another motorcycle, I do. This is a serious fundamental difference that causes great turmoil. But, I can live with the difference for two reasons: First, she let me keep three motorcycles and Second, I have been domesticated with that little rubber band thing she did a few years ago just before she taught me to say, "Yes dear."

Answer 4

I'm Buddhism and spiritism and almost all my friends are Christian/Catholics. We work things out by sharing what we believe in. Whenever they would talk about the Bible, I would just sit there and listen to them talking (because I don't know much about the Bible). Whenever I would tell them about my dreams, spiritual, and buddhism stuff, they would just sit there and listen too.

Answer 5

i can relate to your question, i find it difficult sometimes to talk about seeing spirits around us, as my partner is very doubtful of such things, i trained in psychic development for a couple of years and find nothing more fascinating, my parents religious believes forbid me to deal with anything spiritual, i feel outcast sometimes, when i meet someone like minded i can talk for hours about my beliefs, your not alone, good luck

Answer 6

I'm Catholic and my husband is Church of Christ. That is quite a mix. We do okay. I wish we could go to church together and worship together, but not yet. I'm still working on him (in prayer only...I don't pressure him to go to church with me). The kids go to church with me. They have all been baptized Catholic. My husband is not active in his faith at the present time, however. Maybe that is why it works.

God bless,
Stanbo

Answer 7

I'm an atheist, but my fiance is very spiritual. It's cool because there is a lot that we can teach each other. I respect her beliefs and she respects mine. Love is a beautiful thing.

Answer 8

Us too. We just don't discuss religion!