also if a christian should marry a person who believes in witch craft and if anyone knows where in the bible it talks about unequal yokes should not be mixed
2007-07-05 15:57:04 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You definitely can be friends, although I would say if you are serious about your faith, marriage with an unbeliever would not be a good choice. I would also be careful about the kind of friends you make, even "Christian" friends can bring you down, and the same principle about choosing friends carefully can be applied to non Christians. Just pick good friends.
2 Cor. 6:14
2007-07-05 16:03:02 · answer #1 · answered by The GMC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Christians always stayed away from the other people, how would they be able to convince them to choose Jesus instead of the other religion that they are following at present. OF COURSE all the religions can intermingle.
Now, about marrying a person of a different religion: I see this as bringing huge difficulties. Suppose you are on a road to a place, and you meet and marry a person who is going another direction? It is going to be you on the path that God is leading you on, with the spouse, ignoring/refusing God's plans. You will both end up in different places in the marriage situation. Not healthy. You would be going along the path getting further and further apart.
If one already married and one person becomes a Christian, and the other not - then it is a different matter. Don't know what to say about that, except to stay together, unless there is imminent danger of abuse.
Go to Biblegateway dot com to find the verse about unequally yoked.
2007-07-05 16:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your maturity. I would never send a baby into a den of wolves. Sure, if you have a solid basis, interfaith is a fulfilling service.
About the witchcraft, forget that. In faith that is called unequally yoked. You don't put a horse and a goat in the harness. Won't work.
Good sex takes about 1/2 hour. So if that is what you are drooling at, remember you have to deal with that person for another 23 1/2 hours. You better have some solid things in common, and faith is a real key point in this.
Look where you are going to land before you jump.
2007-07-05 16:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by Tarikiyi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does say not to be unequally yoked with an unbeliever. I suppose though, that it depends on your own understanding of the Bible. There are some who mix Wicca with Christianity. Too, the Bible that you are reading is likely written in English, and words have been translated to mean certain things that they might not have originally meant. Some words translated to witchcraft originally meant "one who poisons". Effeminate was translated to "homosexual", and on an on. People have agendas, and it comes out in scripture.
The better point is to discern if you truly love this person, and if your faith is so determined that you cannot hold your beliefs and your love at the same time.
2007-07-05 16:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was an Episcopalian wanting to convert to Catholicism when I met the man I am now married to ... he was raised as a Baptist/Non-denominational Christian. We had 'argued' relgion until I realized that our 'arguing' was purely semantic ... we were using different 'terms' to describe the same things. We got married, and I 'stopped' my conversion process, but we did go to a Catholic church ... and he eventually asked to 'join the classes' to become a Catholic. I CRIED when he was baptized (I 'arranged' for him to be the one who got three full pitchers of water and not three 'small pours' from one pitcher, but that is a 'tradition' in my church that is a 'joke'). I am the 'godmother' of a Muslim child ... at the 'request' of both of her Muslim parents. Yes, if I had to 'raise her' I would raise her to be a good Muslim, not a good Catholic.
In the Bible (St. Paul said it) it does say that 'unequal yokes' should not be mixed ... but WHY that is taken to mean the 'religious beliefs' and not things like 'intelligence' or 'lifestyle' (which are farther apart and harder to bring together) I don't have a clue. THINK ABOUT THAT ... and 'be friends' with people from ALL FAITHS because you never know when or from whom you may learn something that will 'change your life' for the better.
2007-07-05 16:05:49 · answer #5 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was an active christian, i had all kinds of friends. satanists, wiccans...atheists. the bible tells you to go out into the world, but not be overcome by it. you should be sharing your spirituality with as many people as you can. as far as the unequal yoke thing. i believe that is in reference to being romantically involved with someone who is not of your faith. this is just for practical and logical reasons. it is very hard when two people are in a relationship and do not agree on what to believe in.
be friends with everyone! doesn't mean you have to adopt what they believe. and vice versa. but everyone involved could sure learn something.
2007-07-05 16:13:49 · answer #6 · answered by RaggamuffinQueen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A believer huh? Well Scriptures say, Do not be yolk together with unbelievers. Or what fellowship can light have with darkness. What does a believer have with an unbliever. Read 2 Cor.6:14-17,
Does not mean you can't be friends but involved, No!. They can change you to be like them if you're not rooted in the Word of God.
2007-07-05 16:14:55 · answer #7 · answered by airlines charge for the seat. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 Corinthians 6:14
2007-07-05 16:03:10 · answer #8 · answered by Daniel P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only have time to answer the part about marrying. You should envision what it would be like to share children with the one you marry.
The ethical system a Christian has is very different from that of someone in witchcraft, you would be asking for serious trouble.
2007-07-05 16:03:24 · answer #9 · answered by David L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AS a Christian, I love all types of people. The bible does say to stick with a Christian, someone of your own.
2007-07-05 16:00:10 · answer #10 · answered by CAT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋