How important do you think it is that two people in a relationship share religious beliefs?

As you all know, I am tech. Jewish but I, in practice, do what I call the Terri Remix of Religions which is some Judaism, some Christianity esp. Catholicism, and a little Wicca. I am going with a guy who though born Catholic now just identifies as Christian. At this late date, we do not plan to have children. We were both hellions as kids and do not want to be dealing with 20 year old kids similar to us in our sixties so there is no choosing religion for the sake of a child. I do celebrate things like Easter and Christmas. But I do some Judaism like Mezzuzahs on the door posts too and embracing the life cycle.

I live strictly with the principle:

Believe what you will, I'll have no quarrel, so long as you accept me for mine.

This follows majorly with the second principle: Don't shove yours down my throat.

Just saying..

Ditto.

I wasn't always that way. I went through a period of seeking spirituality. Now my beliefs are much like Terri's, though I probably take less from Judaism and more from Lakota Sioux and some Asian religions.

Lets see. Some Atheism from my dad; Some Christianity from my mom; Some Agnosticism from my uncle; Some Great Spirit from my ancestry (Cherokee); Some Druid from my love of trees (Yup. I am a tree hugger.) ; Some Gaian because I just love Gaia. I think I will call it my own version of Rainbowism.

RAINBOWISM
Cause There's Always a Rainbow After the Rain

Actually not far off. Ever read any of Ed McGaa's books? There's one called Rainbow Tribe which revolves around ethnic diversity within earth-based religions, specifically regarding Native American beliefs.

I haven't got to read it but I looked over rainbowism.org where I found the entry.

http://rainbowism.org/

"When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow"
Old Native American Prophecy

http://www.rainbowgatherings.org/

I can't remember if that was Black Elk or not. I used to have his book written with John Neihardt. That quote sounds like him. He claimed to have had a prophetic vision that was reversalist in nature, meaning that Native Americans and their new brothers and sisters would return to the old ways and reclaim the lands taken by the white man.

His vision showed the earth as being poisoned and becoming toxic to all life. In effect, the earth was dying because of the white man.

I don't necessarily subscribe to Black Elk's ideas, but he is important reading for anyone interested in Native American cultures. He was somewhat of a militant, but also quite intelligent. In effect, I found much of Black Elk's insights and reasoning very enlightening, but I didn't quite agree with the actions he preached.

I had another book written by his nephew Frank Fool's Crow who is a bit more moderate than his uncle.

I've been told Through Indian Eyes is another must read, but I haven't gotten my hands on a copy yet.

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The Bible tells ME not to be unequally yoked. This means not to join yourself in a relationship with those who do not believe as you do. It will NEVER last, and while it does last, it will be contentious and painful.

..the Bible also tells you that the rich can own slaves and beat them so long as said master doesn't kill them.

Also says to beat the 'foolishness' out of your children.

..and the bible even says not to believe the bible.

So, I can see why it wouldn't work.

Having dated several Christians, and personally being an atheist, it never worked for me. So, I now intentionally won't date Christians, or Jews or Muslims. Just really not gonna deal with the hassle.

A pagan or atheist, maybe Buddhist might be doable.

Please enlighten us with the verses in mention.

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Religion thread..

I see your claims of beating the foolishnes out of our children and that the bible says not to believe in the bible. But I see no verses posted to verify these statements. Just because someone makes a statement, doesn't make it true.

And is why I asked for the verses that say as you claim it does.

Not this thread...
Jesus not father.. blah. That thread.
Too tired to repost it all over again.

I stay open to this sort of thing, however a die hard Christian
and I are just not going to see eye to eye on some important issues.

I've tried and I've found I'm much more allowing in general than
they have been. Always comes down to the attempts at saving me
because I'm not a christian.

There absolutely has to be a spiritual edge...without religious dogma,
and that's the tricky part.

Sharing religious beliefs is not as important as respecting each other's religious beliefs. UNLESS you are going to raise children together. Then it can become a real sticking point.

Ok, here's from the other thread of which you speak of.



That is because the only reward for sin is death.

Romans 6:23


23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And this what you say would be a sin, as one of our commandments is to love the lord our God.





This is not speaking of a physical rod, it



This is because we are to love and honor our parents. It would be a sin to do otherwise eg., cursing them. And again, the only reward for sin is death.