Muslims should marry Muslims. Christians should marry Christians.
Anyone who is serious about their faith will want (and need) to find a partner who shares the same beliefs, especially if they have kids.
Okay give me thumbs down but Im being logical. Whats a child going to think if their parents religious beliefs contradict eachothers? (And according to Islam the kids MUST be raised Muslim, so already the Christian woman has to comprimise and see her kids raised in a different faith from what she believes in) Why would any Mother want her children being taught that the things that are important to her are not actually true? Is that fair?
Also, Christians are not even allowed to "marry out", according to the Epistles of Paul if I remember correctly, so anyone who is devout will not do that.
PS, no I dont live in a bubble, Im just not into this whole politcally correct nonsense
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Why would any Mother want her children being taught that the things that are important to her are not actually true?
Funny you should mention that; those things are not true. But then again, the muslim horseshit ain't true either.
Nothing's more stubborn than a cat holic mother. I'd like to see one with a muslim husband. If the kids survive childhood, they'd probably end up atheists.
Paul had personal issues with sex and marriage. I wouldn't use any of his bullshit as guidance.
"Anyone who is serious about their faith will want (and need) to find a partner who shares the same beliefs, especially if they have kids. "
Gotta keep those imaginary friends separated.
"Okay give me thumbs down but Im being logical."
Basing your choice of marriage partner on imaginary friends is not logical.
" Im just not into this whole politcally correct nonsense "
But you're way into regular nonsense.
Oh I don't know. I think its alright if Fundamentalist Muslims and Christians marry each other. You're basically the same anyway (gay-hating, warmongering, blood-thirsty morons). Speaking of same-sex marriage Muslims and Fundies are basically on the same page. There is one major difference: Muslims think homosexuals should be beheaded for being same-sex married. Christians think they should be stoned to death. You'll just have to agree to disagree with your spouse on that one.
For once, we have a Y!A quote that I don't consider to be all that fundy. If you claim to be a theist, either your theist beliefs matter, or they don't. If they matter, it makes perfect sense to want someone who shares your beliefs in something that is presumably so important. If they don't matter, why identify yourself by those beliefs?
this isn't really fundie: religious beliefs are important to people, and having the parents fight about which religion to bring their kids up in is not conducive to a healthy family atmosphere. really, the only fundie part here is where she describes paul's advice that marrying a non-believer is more trouble than it's worth (which is true) as "not even allowed to." some of the commentors are sounding more fundie than she does.
Actually got dumped recently over an argument about how the kids would be raised. She'd want them raised catholic (fine by me, I was a Catholic Sunday School Teacher). What broke us up was I was not willing to abide by the Catholic Church's banned book list.
The irony of it all: two weeks before she was ecstatic over me handing her a compilation of Thomas Paine's writings...three of which were banned by the Catholic Church.
People are always asking how my wife and I maintain such a great relationship. I tell them that our diffrences keep us intrested in eachother.
Hell, not only did I get hitched to a theist she is also a diffrent race than me. Emerald, I hope your head explodes.
I have to share this gem a friend of mine overheard...
"My girlfriend and I are both atheists, but we might have to break up. I think my children should have a religious mom to hate."
You should marry someone because you love them. Not because of their religion.
[Whats a child going to think if their parents religious beliefs contradict eachothers?]
The child will relize that there are diffrent religions and belief systems out there. My mother is christian and my father is agnostic. Yet, I had fine childhood.
Also, religions change. My mother wasn't christian when she married.
Not that fundie. I mean, I certainly wouldn't want to marry someone who would (either subtly or not) tell me that my deeply held values are false, bad, wrong, etc.
However, consenting adult partners should be able to love whoever they want, regardless of beliefs, skin color, or background culture.
"(And according to Islam the kids MUST be raised Muslim, so already the Christian woman has to comprimise and see her kids raised in a different faith from what she believes in)"
Pretty much EVERY Judeo-Christian religion tries to get the kids to be raised in that religion. It's not as though because it's in the Qu'ran, immediately all Muslims believe and adhere strictly to that, just as in Judaism and Christianity (with the Bible/Torah).
I completely disagree with his comments regarding children, they should not be "raised in" any faith. However regarding marrage, I think he might have something of a point. Not because of any "rules" of a particular religion, but simply becuase people are more likely to be compatable if they share the same general world view. For instance, as an athiest, I would have a very hard time in a marrage to an evangalical christian. Not because they are bad people, but becuase I would think her most deeply held beliefs, the grounding of her entire life, is total nonsence. Not the greatest foundation for a successful relationship. Hey, if you can make it work, great. But I don't see myself marrying someone very religious.
Having listened to songs commemorating the disasters that are usualy mixed-faitm marriages in Northern Ireland (and that's only Catholics and Protestants), this persona actually has a point.
To those who argue otherwise: I suggest that they listen to "The Orange and the Green". It's about the lightest-hearted take on the phenomenon.
While I certainly wouldn't date (much less marry) anyone who practices such a misogynist faith, I *do* believe, in the words of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, that "All you need is love."
In a very distorted, incomplete way, I some what agree with this quote, not because it's wrong or doomed from the start to marry outside of your religious sect, or that children raised in a multitheistic home will have poor moral guidance, but it would be /simpler/ to marry inside your religion. I can't imagine it's good for the psyche to believe your spouse will burn in an agonizing hell for all eternity. What you SHOULD do to save a marrige is quit the religious shit to begin with.
So, you don't have to wait until you're married until you have sex? You're saying that if you have kids, it's especially important to find a partner with the same belief.
Sure, you might have a point; if religion is really important to you, you should probably find someone with the same faith, for the sake of domestic peace.
What if the woman is Muslim and the man is Christian? Is it still the Christian that has to compromise?
I don't really understand this "politically correct" stupidity. It seems to only be used by people who KNOW that their opinion is offensive to most people. No, it's not "politically correct" to think that black people ought to have the same human rights as white people, it's just common sense.
"Muslims should marry Muslims. Christians should marry Christians.
Anyone who is serious about their faith will want (and need) to find a partner who shares the same beliefs, especially if they have kids."
Olympic Gold medallist athlete Mo Farah :
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'Farah is a devout Muslim'
Y'know, for a devout Muslim, there's a distinct lack of his insisting that his wife Tania Nell wears a Hijab , eh Emmy?
I think you can do the maths.
And the only thing that's obvious about what their daughter is thinking in the above pic - after him winning an event in our 2012 London Olympics - is 'Why do I have to be here, in front of 80,000 people, while my mum & dad suck each others' faces ?! Humiliation City, Embarrassmentsville! EW!'
So actually, you DO live in a bubble. And the above proves that being Correct is the superior state to be in, and not just after winning an Olympic Gold medal, neither. [/hyper-smartarse]
"Muslims should marry Muslims. Christians should marry Christians."
We should eliminate religion and just be people. In fact these aren't really mixed religion marriages, these are people that don't give much of a shit about religion but
cater to cultural ritual, somewhat.
Damn near the closest you can be Atheist without proclaiming it except for marrying someone of your own (parents) faith and neither of you giving a shit.
More interfaith marriages!
Emerald seems to think that religion is genetic. No, dear, it's a choice, and people can change their minds. I did.
Confused?
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