Hi to all

I'm new here...

I just want to discuss about having a relationship with different religion. I have a friend who has a boyfriend he is an Indian guy and
his religion is Hinduism and my friend is a christian.
She met he's bf online in dating site. Few months later the boy wanted to marry my friend and the boy want my friend to convert in their religion and to move in India but my friend don't want to give in her religion. Her parents don't know about her situation if the parents will know surely the parents will not disagree with having relationship with a different religion.

I'm thinking if their love will last forever if there is a conflict between their different religions and culture?
They are struggling with their situation...
THEY LOVE EACH OTHER...

WHAT THEY CAN DO?
CAN SOMEONE HAVE AN ADVICE?

asking advice from strangers who have never been in that position probably not a great idea...


but none the less, if they love each other, they will work it out...

Someone would have to convert or raise the children according to their own background. Otherwise, there will be constant strife and the relationship will be doomed.

maybe they should both convert to Morman and move to Utah...

hey there..

just to share..am married with indian Hinduism and meanwhile am born in moslem way...we've been okay for almost 10 years..we just respect to each other including his believing
Mightymoe was right if they love each other, they will work it out.

Hinduism believes in tones of Gods, so this on itself prove that Hinduism is wrong.

Christianity today believes that Jesus is God, or sometimes Jesus is son of God. when the Jesus himself said i can of my own self do nothing.. meaning the current form of Christianity is not what God revealed as Jesus is a prophet of God, like Muhammad, Abraham, Adam, Noah and Moses (peace and blessings of Allah be upon all of them, amen) etc. Plus the scripture of Christianity was transferred from Hebrew to Greek and then again from Greek to Hebrew. Ordinary people was not allowed to come close to bible or read as the priest have changed the bible according to kings and desires of that time. Plus current bible is composed of word of God, word of prophet Jesus, word of scholars and word of liars. How would you recognize what is correct and what is not? In anyway, this all proves that current Christianity is wrong. So that man not a 'boy' is on Hinduism and this woman who is on current form of Christianity they both are wrong.

Islam as contrast to them believes in one true God, Allah. The word Allah is mentioned in old testament as Eloh, so this proves that Qur'an is compatible with other biblical known scripture. But Qur'an is humanly untouched so this is 100% Revelation of God, Allah. So they both need to revert to Islam and live peaceful lives, where ever they want to live. And i am sure they would live long time together as they would be happy with each other for finding true God, Allah. :)

Well, only if you were true Muslim, you would know that a Muslim woman is not allowed to marry anyone but a Muslim man. But, a Muslim man can marry a woman from people of book (christian or a jew) if she is not a adulteress, fornicateress and believe in 1 true God.

I agree with you. Respecting each others believe is vital and yes by all means it could and does work

But I think the OPS stated that her friend was asked to convert to another religion. And while people do it, In my opinion it is asking a lot and very well may led to issues down the road.

I do not believe that a person can " flip a switch" and start believing ( whole heartedly) in another religion. Especially if their beliefs were deep rooted within them already

Could be wrong... I'm not exactly a pro on religion.

I agree with this. Neither should need to convert unless they want to. My son is Christian and his wife Buddhist. She did agree to be married in the Catholic Church and she had gone to Catholic schools in Thailand so she does understand his religion. But I can't imagine either of them trying to force the other's belief's,

That the OP's friend's boyfriend is trying to force her friend to convert is a HUGE red flag....she should run for the hills and never look back.

erm...case in point
as I was saying above and herein lies the problematic red flag. It is wrong to force another's beliefs or force your own belief and moral code on another even within the same religion(or to try to).

hinduism and christianity have very opposing views about religious worship..

they should have a gooood looong talk about how to handle the matter...starting from how religious differences will affect their daily practices up to how they will adjust to it in terms of rising their children... BEFORE doing anything drastic...

in the end, it will be determinate on their relationship with each other as well as their relationship with their God/gods...

Are you sure that they love each other? More importantly: Are 'they' sure that 'they' love one another?

If 'yes', then nothing in life (including 'cultural & religious differences') should serve to stand as a permanent impediment in their way...


'True Love' possesses great power! Helps to 'move' mountains (much the way FAITH does!)

No one person or religion has a monopoly on the ultimate truth. I forget who said this but it was one of the Ancient Greek philosophers,

"the mark of a wise man, is that he can consider an idea without accepting it as fact."

Such a relationship can indeed work, I know several such couples, Muslim & Christian, Muslim & Hindu, Christian & atheist. The key is to accept the others beliefs without trying to convert them. This is easier said than done though.

I'd say that if religious people actually lived by the messages of their religions, this wouldn't be such a problem, as they all have basically the same message. The problem I see is that most people get so caught up in ritual and dogma and then fight over who's right about the tiny details, when instead they could be living lives well lived because that's how life should be lived, not because you feel obligated to do so. I don't need religion to live a great life, I choose to do so.

Interestingly, I'm quite fascinated by mysticism, from all religions. My research has led me to think that ultimately each religion believes the exact same thing, yet they keep their believers divided and conquered with dogma. They all believe in the light body, or soul. And that the universe = god. They all believe that we come from one universal consciousness, that our egos come about to allow us to function in seperate bodies and that upon death our soul merges once again with this divine consciousness / god (or something). Yet people argue about who's right when it comes to whether Jesus was god for example. Isn't the message more important than dogma?

it is not at all forcing your beliefs on another, each one is free to have whatever belief and faith they want to choose but at least we can tell them what they didn't know before. For example non muslims think islam is all a terrorist religion but if you give them a copy of qur'an with translation in english, they realize islam is all about peace and obedience to God. About the moral code, yeah right we have to say what is a moral code in religion. As most of the moral code in Abrahamic religion is same.

But an adulteress or fornicatoress may say right i date and have sex coz its my own wish or even a prostitute may say what i do comes under the moral-code. Or a woman on beach may say if i am in bikini, so its all good. If you read biblical scriptures, this is all against to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Meaning such thing is never at all a moral-code given by God yet they are following their own whims and desires. Unless the govt. in different countries force it on people, it would never change. I am not saying to force your religion but forcing some basic moral-code is a good start. Like if it is forced on young girls and boys that they should always be nice and good to parents and never ever yell on them or being mad at them. And there is a moral-code police to check it on people, society, markets etc it will help a lot. Just like there is a moral police in Saudi Arabia, which just check that nothing bad is happening in society. That is why the crime rates in Saudi Arabia is much lesser than to crime rates in US:

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Saudi-Arabia/United-States/Crime

Btw, i am a Muslim man but ain't no Saudi Arabian. This was an example but it may lead to these young boys and girls to become very good people in future.

I teach in a school, to small kids and i force these kinds of things on them and often tell them, at least 3 times a week our topic is morality. And this helps them a lot and i am sure they would be good people in future.

Perhaps you can help me, but I simply don't understand why one needs a moral code to act moral. That is, I act moral because that's the right way to live, I go about doing the right thing and helping others simply because it makes me feel good to live that way. I guess what I'm saying is that if a person has to be told to live right and help others and love themselves, are they really moral? Or are they just moral because that's what their society expects?

I feel like people need to start thinking for themselves, use that mind that god gave you. Do your own research, don't believe things simply because everyone around you does, conventional wisdom isn't always right in other words. Most important, trust your own experience and trust your intuition

Welcome to Mingle2
And Good Luck

No, the relationship will NOT work.
* Since this is in 'Welcome' forum & not in 'Advice' or ' General Religion', I will NOT elaborate on ALL the WHY'S*

any relationship in the end will work as long as both have the same desire for the other, but we've been warned -

2 Corinthians 6:14

14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

May I ask what makes you so shore that you're belief system is correct over other or none at all? With all due respect of course