2007-11-12 03:42:42 · 21 answers · asked by Lance 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
technically, you can. the real question left, is choice.
on a side note, two persons of different faiths can still live happily together without one embracing the other's religion. provided of course, you love each other without conditions.
2007-11-12 14:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Certainly... but be sure you have this worked out well before considering marriage. A mixed faith marriage or a marriage where one believes and the other does not is a recipe for disaster. It is hard enough having a marriage endure even when they are both of the same religion.
Also a person should embrace a religion based on the merits of that religion, not because they are attracted to a member of that religion. That would make a poor convert... and another recipe for disaster.
Even so... many are introduced to religion through a boyfriend or girlfriend. I found religion by dating this woman and embraced Christianity because of her... yet later had to separate from her for other reasons. I still have fond memories of her but have found a more compatible wife that I have been married to for over 20 years now. Our mutual religion has helped our marriage endure over the years where if we had different religions it might not have.
2007-11-12 03:52:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
can i fall in love with a christian? Yes, a non religious one. Will i embrace their religion? Absolutely not. I will let him have his religious beliefs and i will have mine. Your question is akin to asking if a doctor could fall in love with a healing witch and embrace the witches views on curing diseases? The answer to that is obvious. My bf is christian but very non-religious so it works for us. Sometimes he goes to church but i don't go with just like i wouldn't expect him to go to say an atheist convention (if there is such a thing)
2007-11-12 03:48:45 · answer #3 · answered by uz 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First off I don't see this as an exclusively "atheist/Xian" relationship but I'm not surprised that an Xian would see it this way. This has to do with both partners having a different belief system whether they be atheist, Muslim, Buddhist, Xian or anything else. Given that both see the world differently I don't see it happening that one or both of them will attempt to embrace the other's belief system except in the most superficial terms.
I'll use myself as an example. I've been in relationships with Xians, a Muslim, some Jews, a Buddhist and some pagans. In all cases they wanted me to emulate them to one degree or another and I made certain concessions to them. For example going to their church during the holidays, or taking part in some ceremony that meant a lot to them but they understood that I was doing this for them and didn't actually believe in following in their footsteps.
At one point, with the Xian, I actually considered marrying her but in order to do so I would have had to convert to Xianity and go through all the rituals that entailed. And while I was willing to do it for her, I knew that my "conversion" would be a sham and ultimately would be a wedge that would drive us apart.
But then the same thing could be said for a Muslim and a Xian marrying. Would it be right for one of them to truly give up their views in order to please the other one?
2007-11-12 04:27:11 · answer #4 · answered by JavaJoe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Embrace...Im not so sure. Each member should respect each others beliefs. It may only be a problem if children become involved, whether they are raised as christian or atheist.
2007-11-12 03:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by claire 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How could an atheist fall in love with someone s/he believes is deluded?
And how can a christian fall in love with someone s/he believes is condemned to hell?
Unless you two are just REALLY horney and plan to stay that way forever... I don't think there's much of a future.
2007-11-12 03:54:54 · answer #6 · answered by greenpin 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am married to a Christian but I'm still an Atheist. We don't talk about religion.:)
2007-11-12 03:58:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I could fall in love with a religious person, but I would not convert to his faith. Relationships are built on mutual respect and trust; I would respect the other person's religious choices, and he would have to respect my lack of belief.
2007-11-12 03:53:03 · answer #8 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fall in love, yes. embrace the God Delusion? that's harder.
I have had two Christian girlfriends, and both are now atheists.
2007-11-12 03:51:27 · answer #9 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've been in love with christians before but we didn't discuss religion to much. We were too busy having hot premarital sex.
2007-11-12 03:48:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋