Weddingbee Boards Topic: Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?

Weddingbee Boards Topic: Would you convert to a new religion for marriage? http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards Topic: Would you convert to a new religion for marriage? en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:58:08 +0000 missmouse29 on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-1730911 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:36:06 +0000 missmouse29 1730911@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <a href="#post-1712568">@kfricke89:</a> like others you got to the point I missed, I would consider a religion because of a spouse, but I would choose a religion for myself. kfricke89 on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-1712568 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:31:38 +0000 kfricke89 1712568@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ We are both very comfortable and happy with our own beliefs and don't feel that the other person has to change just because we are getting married. But I also don't believe that anybody should ever convert just for marriage. You should convert for YOU. Otherwise you are just pretending and not being true to yourself. rlsh86 on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-1712548 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:29:32 +0000 rlsh86 1712548@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I wouldn't convert for a marriage.  I would not expect my spouse to convert to a religion just to marry me, either.  if i had married someone with a different religion, i would just accept that we have different beliefs, and it wouldn't be a big deal to me.  missmouse29 on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-1712527 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:25:57 +0000 missmouse29 1712527@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ It would truly depend on what religion it was before I would ever consider converting. I am a very spiritual person and while I mainly identify as agnostic, I do relate to several different aspects of multiple religions.   I would absolutely consider it, but it would be a very prolonged decision fraught with much soul searching. Cennet on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-1712326 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:46:23 +0000 Cennet 1712326@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I believe if you are converting for him it doesnt count how can you convert when you are choosing to so for a man.I am a muslim but would never want someone to change religions for me because I know in there heart they truelly do not believe in it.At the end of the day you both believe in god thats all that matters.Follow ur heart hun. crayfish on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-1703307 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:56:03 +0000 crayfish 1703307@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I could never be with someone who believes in god. It's too important to me to be with someone who is aligned with my beliefs. Religion is way too farfetched to me to be able to spend my life with someone who believes in it, and I would never fake faith. HayleyJane on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-1703061 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:16:39 +0000 HayleyJane 1703061@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I would convert, but neither of us is religious, so it's not an issue. deliciousappleblue on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-1702917 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:49:16 +0000 deliciousappleblue 1702917@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I don't really understand conversion in principle.  Religion is supposed to be about what you believe, and I have difficulty with the concept that what you believe inside yourself can just change because you say it does, or to suit someone else.  It's easy enough to say "okay, I'm ________ now", but to actually believe it is something else entirely, and no doubt way more difficult to do than most converters would like to admit. A person's beliefs may naturally change a little over their life, and might even mean they evenutally convert from one religion to another as a result of that gradual growth in their ideals, but a knee-jerk conversion through marriage?  How is that even possible? Your religion is what you believe, not what you practice.  Corazon_de_Melon on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-578601 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:42:01 +0000 Corazon_de_Melon 578601@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I was raised protestant and converted to catholicism in a previous relationship, I did it because of my boyfriend at the time but after we broke up I kept practicing it ... MY FI is catholic too, but we both have our own vision of religion... we are mostly just following tradition than really believing...  bamm on "Would you convert to a new religion for marriage?" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/would-you-convert-to-a-new-religion-for-marriage/page/2#post-578570 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:31:39 +0000 bamm 578570@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I wouldn't because I'm a person of faith, so I feel like a person should only convert to a religion if they feel drawn to that tradition.  I do however know several people who started learning about a different religion from the SO, and in the process converted on the basis of their own calling.  That completely makes sense to me. FI and I are both Christians, but from different faith traditions.  I would be so angry if I felt pressure from him to join his church, and I would never want to to pressure him.  I think we'll raise future kids in my church since I'm the one who would actually take them to church, but I have no problem with going to his church or with the kids attending church (or Buddhist temple) with their paternal grandparents/great grandparents.  We have so many other differences in our race, culture, language, that different church traditions is just one more thing to add into the mix.