The importance of religion in modern relationships?

[RareNightmare]

Will religion always be an important part of marriages or relationships in general given that a lot of people are living secular lifestyles and becoming atheists all together? It's not uncommon to see catholics and protestants in relationships with eachother and sometimes it is possible for muslims and buddhists? Will it become common enough to see people putting aside religion to have intimate realtiolnships maybe even start families considering the rather violent history of religions conflicting in the past.

[Mortimer]

It is possible if both of them think religion is not important. EX-Yugoslavia is a example, where different religions married eatch other but usually only in court, not in church. In church you need to have the same religion to get married.

[sean]

Will religion always be an important part of marriages or relationships in general given that a lot of people are living secular lifestyles and becoming atheists all together?

Depends on the religions involved and how serious the parties were about them. Atheists normally don't have a problem with it, and mostly its them looking the other way when religion comes up, so they all have successful marriages. They normally never work unless one gives into the other.

It's not uncommon to see catholics and protestants in relationships with eachother and sometimes it is possible for muslims and buddhists? Will it become common enough to see people putting aside religion to have intimate realtiolnships maybe even start families considering the rather violent history of religions conflicting in the past.

Actual interfaith marriage is a myth in third-world countries. In Muslim countries (except Tunisia), usually men dominate the relationship and children will identify with the culture and religion of the father and not the mother, therefore they allow mixed marriages for their men but do not allow mixed marriages of their women. Although Muslims marry Muslims from other races for 1000 years. Hence why all the Tibetan and non-Uyghur Chinese Muslims have Iranic blood, and also why Gulf Arabs look so different to their Levantine neighbours.

Interfaith marriages are illegal in Israel. But Israel recognises marriages of interfaith couples who have been married outside the country. Couples routinely travel to Cyprus to get married but all countries count. However, multiple groups regularly boycott and try to shut down interfaith marriages in Israel. Especially when it's with a Arab/Muslim partner involved. In America on the other hand, the highest % of interfaith marriages involving Jews are with goyim.




In India, Muslim men are known for luring Hindu women under the age of nine. So they intend to ban interfaith marriages of Muslim men and Hindu women. However, marrying a Muslim woman out of your faith/caste can get you killed.

[Hexachordia]

For me, it is about "not to be something" not "have to be something", my spouse or partner does not have to be the same religious belief with mine, but not a eating everything kind of person. I will not date a person who eat dog or cat or daily wild/sea lives. Hinduism is about what the man does not what women do, so hindi/muslim or tibetan women will be fine for me most of time. But not sure, if a person charming enough I could be breaking my rules on dating. Overall, religion is not a serious dating clause for me.

[catgeorge]

Important but not overriding in my marriage - wife takes kids to church every weekend for example and they enjoy it. Priest speaks to them knows them well they run around like kids would thinking they own the church and elders show them endless love. So yes, religion is a big part in our relationship.

[Teutone]

Important but not overriding in my marriage - wife takes kids to church every weekend for example and they enjoy it. Priest speaks to them knows them well they run around like kids would thinking they own the church and elders show them endless love. So yes, religion is a big part in our relationship.

God bless you and your family my brother

[Incal]

Depends where. In the West? Zero to none.

[Celestia]

Depends where. In the West? Zero to none.

Which is why most fail imo

[Incal]

Which is why most fail imo

What I've seen is that in most of these relationships the westener most times is the one who has to comply to the non-westener culture: if they have kids they'll have the foreing culture names, religion, etc...

[Celestia]

What I've seen is that in most of these relationships the westener most times is the one who has to comply to the non-westener culture: if they have kids they'll have the foreing culture names, religion, etc...

Yeah I’d agree considering my past relationship. When growing a family, one will expect the other to conform at some point.