Spinoff: Converting for your man...

[Saida]

I would never convert, and I would never ask anyone to convert for me I dont even think I would consider marrying someone with another religion.. how can you marry someone and say you love them and still beleive they are going to hell if they dont beleive that Jesus is their lord and saviour?? but if I really loved someone I would try to get them to understand my religion and hope that they converted for the right reasons

 

[MrsQueeny]

I agree RR. I wouldn't change all that I am and all I believe in for someone else's beliefs. Jesus means more to me than any man who could ever walk this earth.

I know that's right. He is my first and true love!!! Q

 

[cheeks87]

I'm atheist and I would never convert to a religion for a guy. It has nothing to do with love. You can't MAKE yourself believe something. Either you believe it or you don't. Do you mean like, pretend to convert?

I'd go to church/mosque/whatever with him if he was really adamant about it, but I'd probably just daydream during most of it or something.

 

[MrsBKJ]

I voted never. Im very spiritual and could not give this up for anybody.
My SO reverted to Islam because of me but not for me. He had issues with his religion and when we got talking he knew I would only ever marry a Muslim, he looked into Islam and embraced it (five years later) because he said it felt right and it gave him more than his childhood religion ever did he was also carrying out many of the practices within Islam without actually knowing it.

I never asked him and would never ask because it is something I would never do.

Uzz

 

[Cincysweetie]

I voted within reason. If my man exposed me to his religion and I had a change of heart and really felt in my soul that it was right for me then I would consider converting. But I would only do it if I felt it in my heart. I don't htink converting is something you should do just to make someone else hapy. You have to feel it.

I agree with this.

 

[LHLover]

I vote NEVER. I'm a Muslim and Islam isn't just a part of my life it is every part of me. Giving it up would be giving up my being. I'd sooner change my race. On the other hand, I would also never ask someone to convert for me. Religion should be a deep spiritual connection between you and God, a connection you shouldn't be willing to give up for any other human being. If you don't feel this strongly about whatever faith you follow than perhapes you should honestly re-evaluate if indeed you should be claiming to be part of that faith group. But that's just my opinion...

 

[Valerie]

I voted never, I am a Christian and I want someone to share my beliefs. I also believe you should not marry someone when you are unevenly yoke, my first husband was a Jehovah Witness, although he was not a practising one, he did not celebrate birthdays and Christmas. It was not the cause of the break up of our marriage, but other things, I realise I like the various holidays, like Christmas, Birthdays, now I have started looking into the Jewish routes of Christianity. I like fun, even with some Christians, I find them boring, they don't want to celebrate anything, I love to celebrate life, living. I am more at peace now and I have very happy.

 

[ScorpioBeauty09]

I grew up in an inter-faith family--my dad is Christian (Methodist) and my mom is Muslim. I'm Catholic myself. The only religion I'd be willing to convert to and feel good about it would be Islam. But the decision to convert would have to come from me. Converting to make a man happy is a no-go.

 

[vani]

I chose "never".

My bf is Muslim, and I'm an atheist.

He wouldn't leave Islam for me ( not that I would ever ask) and I would never convert for him (not that he'd ever ask). The most I can do is go to the mosque once in a while and do the next Ramaddan with him, mainly cause I enjoy the challenge.

 

[JeterCrazed]

I grew up in an inter-faith family--my dad is Christian (Methodist) and my mom is Muslim. I'm Catholic myself. The only religion I'd be willing to convert to and feel good about it would be Islam. But the decision to convert would have to come from me. Converting to make a man happy is a no-go.

Thank you for bumping

 

[CaliiSwagg]

I don't think converting for anyone else besides yourself is wise, therefore I doubt I would ever do it. Now, if I convert without an expectation to or pressure to, then cool, but other than that no.

 

[BranwenRosewood]

I would never date outside of my religion so the conversion issue would never come up.

 

[MangaManiac]

Nope - I'm agnostic. I don't have a problem being with a religious person, so long as they respected my beliefs and were open minded as I am.

 

[petitefille]

I would never. Something as important as the meaning of life shouldn't be dependant on who you're dating. It's one thing to learn and grow together, but it's another to just change your beliefs because your boyfriend/husband is [insert religion or lack thereof here]. I'm an agnostic athiest and I've dated religious people before and I wouldn't do it again. It would just get too sticky when it comes to raising kids, having such different fundamental beliefs. I didn't even know my mom was raised in a Catholic family until my 20s because our family went to Baptist church every Sunday, due to my dad's religious beliefs. I lost a lot of respect for her when I discovered that.

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[**SaSSy**]

I will never convert any belief system I have for a man, he either accepts it, or he can leave. At this point in my life, I refuse to compromise for things less important than this, so he can miss me with all that.

 

[Allandra]

We're both the same religion.

 

[TracyNicole]

I answered before I remembered I hate religious and political debates on here.

 

[getoffmylawn]

I don't think there is such a thing as converting for someone. You either believe or you don't. It bothers me to my core when I see such things especially when it's the woman doing the pretending.

 

[omnipadme]

I said within reason. I have a certain spiritual wanderlust about me that I love and freely express.

 

[MizAvalon]

I would never convert. I'm not a religious person and anyone who needed me to convert to be with me wouldn't be a good match for me.