CHOOSING I MEANT NOT CLOSING SORRY

careful wonderman hypothetical wording or scenarios are open bait for
attack even though it is your own opinion

They will have a field day with that. The common ground everyone is
saying is to respect the views of others and decide yourself.

Bored and Wonderman, I do know that I am completely ignorant of the
details of Wonder's past marriage problems. I did not mean to come
across otherwise.

You're fine wonderman..


I'm going to get bags under my eyes!

Night night, I mean it THIS time I need to get things off my
chest before I fall out

NO PROBLEM MASS

opps See I'm sleepy! Typos..that's proof of what the lack of rest does!

I meant you're fine massage, i'm not offended!

Good night bored~~~sleep sweet

I am not too far behind ya

Night

~turning compuer off for my 9 am summer course ~

another example I have serveral friends in church whom found jesus the
past couple of years,
They were marngried to non believers before they found christ afte very
thir they found Jesus their spouse started to make their life misterable
because they change.
Knaowing now they are new creatures in christ.
That rift would cause a problem for a believer if they married outside
their faith and were firm in their faith thanks ed

I may be too late, but Good night Bored and Whisper!

serveral typos sorry married their friend again sorry

Red, I may have misunderstood your post - so let me apologize up front
if thats the case.

>> If one can not make love work in a 'mixed' marriage, how can one ever have love in their heart for anyone outside of their beliefs. Which, of course, we all know would be a hypocrisy according to the laws that govern the Christian state.

Are you saying that failure to make love work in an interfaith marriage
means the person is failing a Christian mandate to 'love others'?

I don't know have detailed knowledge of Christian mandates, but I do
know that there are different kinds of love!

I so wish that English, like Greek, had separate words for these
-different- emotions, and different ways of relating. It would prevent
misunderstandings like confusing a mandate for brotherly love as a
mandate for romantic love.

I would Marry a Buddhist gal. They seem more accepting to other's. As
well as being in harmony with that.

I think the problems came when one person changed from what they were to
something new & different. I have encountered many people who have
"found Jesus" & they are as bad as a person who has quit smoking. They
feel it is their duty to make sure everyone they come in contact with
sees things their way. Once again, everyone has the right to believe as
they choose & no one path is for everyone. Allowing others to be
themself & believe as they choose is one of the greatest gifts you can
give.


Peace, love & wisdom

In conclusion ~~ Found Jesus? I wasn't aware that Jesus was lost.
All apologies, I couldn't resist!

I think all she was saying is that with over 200,000 differing Chirstian
faiths just being a Christian is not a garontee that two people would
get along.

As all 200,000 have differing beliefs and some of those differences will
cause problems in a marriege.

And on that note I am out of here, before anyone gets their knickers in
a twist. And before I get myself in more trouble for being sarcastic.

G'night to you as well massage~~~as always, a pleasure to "see" you.

Take care!!


Peace, love & wisdom

AB, I'm not sure if your last post was addressed to me... I was focused
on the implication (or did I read too much into it?) that the failure to
make romantic love work is a failure to meet the Christian mandate to
'love your brother'.

Not planning on anything...so...

Would faith be a challenge for me?

Yes. Only in that I have my own beliefs, and he has his.. and as long as
I dont push mine on him, and his on me...all is pretty easy.

Accept as is. Yes.

Allow as is. Yes.

However make demands and I am dust, as I would expect him to do the
same.

If he is a fundamentalist of any faith, or die cast 'locked in', we
would have challenges, and would not be attracted, not drawn to each
other in the first place.

Like attracts like, and I dont find that opposites always do attract.

NOT AT ALL EVEN PAUL TELLS CHRISTIANS THAT IF YOU ARE TO MARRY MARRY
INSIDE THE FAITH ED

Crap...I don't think I will ever find out. I can't even find someone,
much less one that has any beliefs. Or no beliefs.
Kat