Has a difference in religion ever kept anyone from finding true love?

Answer 1

In my experience, no. What it does is provide motivation for finding common ground.

Answer 2

I think the problem goes deeper than the label. There are happy couples who have different religions. I've certainly been in long-term relationships with women of different religions than mine, and it wasn't an issue.

However, if one person sincerely believes that the other is in danger or doing something stupid by adhering to a particular belief system, then that couple isn't going to last. The earlier they cut things off, the better.

Answer 3

Yes it has effected many people, worldwide with differing religions not only racially but socially. Over the last 2 centuries religion has affected and been responsible for more relationship problems than any other source. About time they owned up and became accountable and truly helpful.

Answer 4

Yes. Absolutely.

In my own experience, a pastor at an evangelical Presbyterian church I attended instructed his entire congregation to avoid people who were not saved. His claim was that it is too difficult to try to find happiness with a person that you know will not join you in Heaven.

This is a common message for many denominations of Christianity, as well as other religions entirely. Forbidding contact with non-believers is a common theme. It has surely interfered with people's pursuit of what you call true love.

In the ancient practices of many religions, it was customary for the parents to select a spouse for their child. Mustn't this have interfered with the pursuit of "true love?"

Answer 5

YES. My true love "found" Islam in prison, and now, it's like all those years we spent so into one another, knowing eachother like hand and glove are LOST. I moved on and re-married, but it's nothing like your first true love. You always look back, and wonder, "what if?".

BUT, it's all good. Everything happens for a reason. I just ain't the one who will be wearing your drapes and snapping to like a Marine when a man says "hey!". To hell with that. I could never be with a Muslim man. No matter what my ex tells me, I won't fall for it. I have read the koran, and I know what time it is.

Answer 6

Yes.

I have seen this first hand. As does my girlfriend's parents. Her dad told her if I wasn't Orthodox Christian then if we got married he would disown her.

Now, he has met and likes me so that is no more, but at first he meant it. Then there are some friends (older than i) who have been kept apart. Jews don't allow many people from other faiths into their families...

Answer 7

I broke off my most recent relationship because of irreconcilable religious differences. I was fine with seeing someone of another faith--but, no matter how much I loved him and wanted him to be happy, I wasn't willing to do what he insisted I do: give up my religion and convert to his.

My faith is more important to me than any man.

Answer 8

It would appear obvious that this kind of thing happens frequently. People of different religions typically find it difficult to reconcile their relationships against the clash of their religious beliefs. And, well-educated people typically reject partners who cling to such irrational beliefs, dogmas, and superstitions.

Answer 9

Yup...and it should. That is why Almighty God said not to be unequally yoked. Life has enough challenges for "like-minded" men and women in marriage without having opposing religious beliefs into the bargain.

Answer 10

No. It's kept me from acting on impossible love, and made sure I ended up with the right person.

Answer 11

Since many people simply will not consider a person of another faith as a mate, it would seem likely that they miss out on meeting someone who would fulfill their lives to a greater extent that someone they settled for from their own faith.