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Would you give up/convert your religion for someone you love?

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JEDI

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You: Muslim/Catholic/athiest/etc

She: Something different from your religion

You goto church when it's convient (ie: xmas and easter, and when you feel guilty about something, etc).

She really believes. Goes everyweek to church.

You've been dating 6 months, and are great together, except for the religion thing. It's starting to tear you apart.

What would you do?
 
Originally posted by: Judgement
Originally posted by: Konigin
No, I wouldn't convert.

Why couldn't they just have different religions?
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thats what I was thinking
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Because it is the word of (Insert deity) to convert all nonbelievers.

Stay around a religious freak long enough and you will understand. They are always trying to either convert you or tell you how wrong YOU are.

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You must not take it seriously so all you would be doing is changing the name of your faith. What does it matter though, right? Unless she expects you to actually *convert* and start taking it seriously, in which case we would have to talk. No I will not force myself to believe something just because I love someone though, that's just silly.
 
Your choice of religion is intimately tied to your image of yourself and all that there is. To change for someone else is a lie. You can be someone else for only so long.
 
No, I would not convert for them. And if they thought I should convert to please them then they don't know much about their religion.

I would certainly investigate and be open minded about their religion, but any conversion would have to be because I legitimately believed in the religion to which I was converting.

ZV
 
It depends on what religion she is. If it's something I consider mainstream and not that bizzare, I'll convert. If it's bizzare like she's a hare krishna or a cult member...I'll not just walk away, I'll run away.
 
If you're willing to convert I'd say your conviction to your beliefs isn't very strong. I'm an athiest and have no problem dating religious women as long as they're not extreme with it. If you're both extreme maybe you're incompatible.
 
I am in this boat. And it's not a question of would I, but could I. Believe me, if I could convert for her and make her happy, I would. But I can't just blindly start believing in something without a reason.
 
if i was just in it for the sex i'd "convert"... but if i thought we had a chance of getting married, then hell no... i mean i can fake it, i don't mind that, but it wouldn't be fair to my children.
 
If she can't love the muslim/catholic/athiest in you, or even if it raises an issue, then she needs to learn how to. She can't expect you to change something as significant as religion (or lack thereof) if she really values your relationship.
 
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