I wanted to ask people here (mostly religious people) why is it that religion chooses who you can love or not; like, not being able to marry someone from a different religion or having to convert to a partner's religion. why is religion so important to the point that it interferes with a persons love life

(February 3, 2013 at 1:45 pm)nekographic Wrote: I wanted to ask people here (mostly religious people)

Is it just me that noticed the sign at the top of the webpage?

Ahah Napo!

@OP: It sounds rather crazy to ask for opinions from the religious in an atheist forum. But anyway we do have some specimens around. at any rate:

(February 3, 2013 at 2:49 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Ahah Napo!

@OP: It sounds rather crazy to ask for opinions from the religious in an atheist forum. But anyway we do have some specimens around. at any rate:

lol I know the irony mate, but I've seen quite a few religious people around here so I just decided to give it a shot because I can't wrap my head around this, to me it's complete bullocks

The idea is two people of the same religion have children then the children are raised in that faith and so the religion propagates itself. Otherwise after a few generations if everyone married everyone the faith would get watered down and dissolved to nothing, they know full well that would happen.

The phrase for my faith is yolked to an unbeliever. The reason for it imo is the ensuing conflict in ideologies that would lead to friction and eventual relationship breakdown.

Jesus is a jealous lover, and separation from your past/non faithful life is painfully obligatory. You couldn't really deny that, even for a vehement independent such as myself.

Now bear in mind that I've been a believing Christian for 1/5th of my life, and married for half of it. My wife is a Christian. She's more religious than I am, so that question would have been more important to her I think. We were both Christians when we married.

Man I put her through the mill as an atheist. I kinda wonder at her mettle at surviving that. Still we have problems. Were our belief differences a contributing factor to tensions in the marriage? You betcha.

So I think it's a kinda sensible dictate.

Why religion chooses love?

Because opposites attract.

Welcome from me too, new blood! As will be very apparent, I'm most definitely not a religious person; however, my own take on your question would be that religion is astonishingly sectarian. Outsiders can be viewed with hostility and suspicion, which tend to increase the further outside the circle the outsider is standing. It's not just religion that causes this kind of divisional mistrust and enmity, of course, but it doesn't help.

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@Fr00dy: Sure it's "yolked" and not "yoked"? Mind you don't end up with egg on your faith.

(February 3, 2013 at 7:31 pm)Stimbo Wrote: @Fr00dy: Sure it's "yolked" and not "yoked"? Mind you don't end up with egg on your faith.

*groans* lol

Good catch

According to the text fr0d0, an unbeliever is sactified by their spouse too...
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