what is your opinion about inter-religion (not inter-caste) marriage???

Question

If two people are in true love and they want to get married, inspite of different religions, why are they not allowed to do so???? what do you think about this...is it right??? though legally its nothing wrong, but ethically its not usually supported....what say???

Answer 1

I think it's a bunch of outdated horse plop. But I'm an atheist, so I married who I wanted, not who the all powerful sky fairy told me to.

Answer 2

There are at least two perspectives against such a mixed marriage.

From the view of any organized religion: it must hold that its belief system is right. Union with another who is not of the same religion is therefore likely to lead the person 'astray'.

Secondly, a person's religion shapes his/her world view and values. Marriage, in which 2 people live and work and build together, requires that they share a world view and values. If they don't, at some point their differing faiths (assuming both take faith seriously) will cause conflict. About money, about how children are to be raised, etc. Religion should bring them together, not divide them.

Personally, I'm not against it, but I doubt that it's wise.

Answer 3

My fiance is Catholic and I am Agnostic. We are in love and we are not letting religion get in our way. We do have some heated arguments about who is right though. LOL

But, I do not think that religion should get in the way of marriage. I don't think that it's right for someone to say "You're not Catholic, you can't marry that person!", or whatever the case may be. You can't help who you fall in love with, no matter who it is or what their religion.

If people are trying to stop inter-religion marriages, what's next? People can't even DATE anymore without being looked down upon. To me, it's BS, but hey, that's life, I guess.

Answer 4

I think marriage is very challenging. I think the key to a good marriage is both people having the same values. When people are of the same religious faith, then I think they have more values in common than people who are not. However, I do think that people of different faiths can marry successfully if they examine which values are important to them and make sure that they share the most important ones. I think the interfaith marriage works best if practices of the faith is less important to one of the partners and both decide before marriage wich faith will be practiced in the home and with children. All said, however, when the children actually come people whose faith was not important to them before often have a reawakening of their faith, and it is at this point that conflicts often occur.

From your post it sounds like perhaps you are south asian and dealing with family expectations in addition to your own feelings. That situation will add even more stress if you choose to marry this person. If you are under 30 I suggest you date awhile longer before making this decision.

Answer 5

It's not a good idea. It will cause at least minor difficulties/conflicts throughout the marriage. And how will the children be raised? Which parent is right? Which going to eternal damnation?
Love is built on God, and two different concepts of God just doesn't work well long term.
Think about it.

Answer 6

What do you mean by religion? Do you mean culture? I ask because I really feel it is hard for two people of different religions to marry if they cannot believe the same things. It just is an impossibility in my mind. You won't need YA to argue your beliefs.But your question leads me that it is the parents belief system rather than the two in question.

Answer 7

I am Jewish. My husband is Buddhist. We dont have children yet, which will cause lots of conflicts.

Its been very hard for us, because I have a lot of rules regarding my home and eating habits that he does not understand or agree with. (Such as eating pork)

Because of our different traditions, we often do not understand each other. I have no doubt that if he were also Jewish, we would have less conflicts.

The other night, he was telling me that he wanted our children to believe in Santa Claus, because he thought it was fun. I told him that I would not do any such thing to my children, because they will be Jewish, and would not celebrate Christmas. My husband doesnt even believe in Jesus, so why should we celebrate it? Anyhow, this is just one example of the issues that come up between us.

Answer 8

the bible says to not even eat or drink with people of different believes as youself.. i would never marry someone who is not a jehvoahs wittnesses because... that is not what i want for myself. i want someone who is going to support me spiritually and come with me to every meeting.. i dont want someone who is going to sit at home and not have an understanding of what i'm doing or why. you always want to be around people that have the same ideas and thinking as you because it makes you feel good. and it doesn't seperate you. expecially if you believe that there is some kind of hope for people that are christain or baptised. i believe i have a hope to live forever on a paradise earth. i could never marry someone that might not make it with me through to the end.

Answer 9

depends what religion - my mum was catholic and dad non catholic and myself and sister were raised a catholic and we had no problems with dads side of family even though the were all Orange lodge members. If its with a Muslim and christian I dont think that would work out but religion is a personal thing. If you love someone then religion shouldn't matter.

Answer 10

It can work, as long as the two people are not opposed to the other's religion. If they have a child, they can teach them the basics of each faiths, and then the child can decide (or not) which they'd rather belong to when they're older.