2007-10-01 13:54:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wow Oregon Flower..judge much? Bigotry your favorite hobby?
2007-10-01 14:02:18 · update #1
Wolf, your answer is beautiful and I totally agree. Thank you for sharing. It's a shame that some can love only those who believe in their ways.
2007-10-01 14:06:01 · update #2
solarius...thank you! Finally an answer from a Christian -- spoken with love, open-mindedness and acceptance. If you truly love each other, then that mutual respect is going to be there and it shouldn't matter if the person isn't a carbon copy of you.
2007-10-01 14:12:31 · update #3
Gypsy... LMAO! The sad thing is that you are correct.
2007-10-01 14:13:38 · update #4
as a Wiccan I would marry or date a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist or whatever as long as we cared for each other and they did not force their beliefs on me and vice versa.
So if a Wiccan would with a Christian than I am sure many Christians would also with a Wiccan. Some would see it as a chance to try and redeem you, others would accept you for who you are.
To not be with some one just because your faiths are different just does not make sense to me, if you love someone that to me is more powerful a feeling than that of my beleif in Mother Earth.
I feel sorry for those that could not do so for they are probably missing out on a very intelligent individual but that person is better off not being with a closed minded spouse also.
I would respect my spouses faith and hope she would mine also.
(Notice how it is ok for us Wiccans to marry someone not of our faith it is not against our religion because we are not worried one way or the other if someone is different. BUT just because your scriptures written by another human being says you cannot you are going to blindly follow that lead and miss out on your possible soul mate. What happened to your god being all forgiving and turning the other cheek and trying to help those not of your faith as missionaries of the past? What I see here is nothing but bigotry and racism of religion. TO deny love just because of faith is the worst thing you could do to some ones heart, we do not say sorry we cannot love you because you are not wiccan, but you can say that about us...shame and it shows the colors of your faith then) To those Christians not so closed minded and lead blindly ty for seeing that two hearts in love should not be seperated over the pettiness of religous differences but rather embraced instead)
2007-10-01 14:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by Legend Gates Shotokan Karate 7 · 11⤊ 2⤋
As a Wiccan, I can say with certainty that it would be demoralizing to see a fellow Wiccan rejected based on the sole reason of his or her religion. I personally believe it's wrong to refuse to consider someone because their religion is different. I certainly would date or marry a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or any other person if I was attracted to them.
2007-10-01 21:59:55 · answer #2 · answered by xx. 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My longtime girlfriend doesn't share my Christian beliefs, but that doesn't stop us from having a great relationship. As long as the Wiccan in question were completely open to my religious choices, as I would be to hers, then I'd be open to the possibility of dating and/or marriage. I believe in mutual respect. I don't demand that other people believe exactly as I do.
2007-10-01 21:06:02 · answer #3 · answered by solarius 7 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Obviously by the answers, Christians are abhorred by the thought of marrying a Wiccan. They'll marry child molesters, abusive alcoholic wife beaters, crack heads, and just plain ol' crazies, but oh, hell no, they ain't gonna marry no Wiccan.
2007-10-01 21:11:54 · answer #4 · answered by Gypsy 4 · 8⤊ 2⤋
This is a good question and lots of people have answered well, that as a Christian we are not to be unequally yoked to a non-believer. This has nothing at all to do with feelings of superiority or supposed bigotry on our part. God said this for a number of reasons that are pretty clear if we think about it for a moment. First, I'm sure many folks have had the experience of their parents being concerned with the friends they chose as a child. I know my parents did. The reason is that we became more like the people we are with. God wants us as His children to become more Christ-like. If we are with someone who is a non-believer, we are more likely to be drawn away -- not to a point where we will ever lose our salvation, but where we can become ineffective for Christ or lose our fellowship with Him. Secondly and more painfully, is our emotional protection. When my wife and I were married, neither of us were born-again believers in Christ. Both of us believed in God, but we had not repented of our sins and put our faith in Christ. Since then, I have while my wife remains an unrepentant unbeliever. I cannot describe to you in words how broken-hearted I am and how I long for her to become saved. To know that the one person in the world you love more than any other is destined to spend an eternity in hell is excruciating. I love her so much and she's a wonderful woman, but she's not living the life God would have for her and not a day goes by that I don't pray for her. I'm grateful to God for her, but the pain...if you are a Christian, serious about your beliefs, then how can you not feel pain and heartache over a lost loved one? I think it is that pain that God would save us from. Christians, if you are in this situation and don't feel pain or sorrow, that you believe your spouse or partner's beliefs are theirs and yours are yours, live and let live, etc then I urge you to consider whether you are truly in the faith.
2007-10-01 21:31:50 · answer #5 · answered by D-Rock 3 · 1⤊ 7⤋
No.
First of all, it is forbidden for Christians to marry a person who isn't also a Christian. "Do not be unequally yoked together with an unbeliever. For what fellowship has light with darkness?" You may consider this to be a judgement, but it is what the Scriptures tell us. ("Us" being Christians. An unwillingness on the part of non-believers to take the scriptures as seriously as we do is central to the reason why Christians and Non-Christians are incompatible for marriage.)
Secondly, as Wicca has beliefs that are in direct contradiction to Christian theology and doctrine, how can a Christian who takes his beliefs seriously, marry someone who's beliefs are so diametrically in opposition?
Thirdly, how do you raise the kids? Does one parent tell the kids that the other parent's beliefs are horsecrap? Do they teach both, and then let the child decide? (If you believe that religions that deny the deity of Christ are false, how would you stand by and have your children taught one of those religions that does so, by the other parent?)
2007-10-01 21:01:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 9⤋
Beautiful answer Edge. In additional to dating one outside of the faith being unbiblical, you have added a beautiful thought to it as well.
God bless you.
2007-10-01 21:01:25 · answer #7 · answered by lovinghelpertojoe 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
No - marriage needs similar outlooks in major areas. My religious beliefs are important to me, and I need someone similar. My SO is a Catholic just like me.
Would I date a Wiccan? No. I'm interested in a LTR so wouldn't want to lead on someone.
2007-10-01 21:25:50 · answer #8 · answered by SigGirl 5 · 1⤊ 7⤋
No, because our religious beliefs would be conflicted and it would most likely end up in constant arguments. A marriage works better if the couple has shared religious beliefs.
2007-10-01 21:01:27 · answer #9 · answered by Lisa 4 · 4⤊ 6⤋
Christians are only supposed to marry people of like faith -- other Christians, in other words -- according to the Apostle Paul and Moses.
2007-10-01 20:59:14 · answer #10 · answered by Ned F 5 · 4⤊ 8⤋