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a response to Aero
Name: Diana	2007-09-02
Aero judge all you want but there are many of us living an iterfaith marrige and who are as happy as two people who are married to someone of the same faith. We are living in modern times.

Well...

Name: Aero

2007-06-17

Shouldn't two people marrying each other and (presumably) sharing the rest of their lives together as husband and wife agree on their faith? Faith is core to who a person is, and if your faiths disagree with each other, then you are not united in your faith, which begs the question: if you can't agree with each other on what is core to your very souls, should you really be uniting together as one in marriage?

reminds me...
Name: Electra	2007-06-07
that vow reminds me of Jarred and i. he is unsure of his relion, whilist i am a wiccan. and we respect and honor each other and our differant beliefs.

no kidding...

Name: Jen

2007-07-17

Electra, wow! Ryan and i are in the same boat! He's not really sure what he wants as a spirituality and i am wiccan as well. He asks questions some times and flips through my books, but i don't make a deal about it because it is -his- journey, not mine. I don't think just because two people are living together or are married should be forced to choose one faith between them. but thats just my two cents.

Diana
Name: Anonymous	2007-11-18
I do agree with Aero. It's like a democrat marrying a republican. But it does happen.

interfaith

Name: Yasi

2008-01-05

there is a love to god ,the utmost personal. there is a love to a huma being , also the utmost personal. love is stronger than faith and faith is as strong as love . when love is combined into one body by the creator ,then the faith is a gift given by the creator to share and learn the differences of mankind , but overcome any obstacles through the respect of the differences , guidance of faith, and the mutual power of love being shared by the god given gift by God , the creator of love...

interfaith
Name: RIPLEY	2008-02-29
religion and politics should not be a deciding factor in a relationship. if you love each other thats all that matters.

Response to Mr. Aero

Name: JBBS

2008-06-16

You are suggesting a very Christian thought. You know, there are many faiths older than Christianity. The soul is not an essence that maintains residual grudges such as the ones you mentioned above about disagreements of core faith is in correlation to bad marriage, in fact those marriages are normally the ones that last. There was and will forever be more effort put into that marriage due to the caring of the other individual without regards to religion, but genuine love.

hahaha
Name: lulu nd shadow	2008-08-16
dat was STUPID... DANG SUPER STUPID

response areo
Name: megan	2008-09-02
im a christian and my boyfriend is muslim its not the religon that nat but what you feel when your together. we both understand each others religon but its not nessecary for either of us to convert. so the interfaith vows nice so we dont have to make the wedding religous in any way

gay
Name: tom	2008-09-12
what gayness, this website is frickin gay

another response to Aero
Name: Sarah	2008-12-04
I think you are taking a shallow view of faith. Many faiths are based on the same underlying principles. It is those basic principles that bind us in ways even more strongly than the name you put on them.

response to diana

Name: something..

2009-01-07

Live in modern times as much as you want.. but with the difference of faith comes the question of each others moral values and if that connects.. interfaith doesnt just mean that they dont care completely, they maybe just willing to put that aside but as aero said faith is the core to a person is.. it defines moral values, their perspective on things and the way they will respond to it. It was the way they were brought up and taught to believe and so that will affect the marriage in one or another way.

response to electra
Name: jimmy	2009-03-31
of course he respects your faith, you could turn him into a frog if not...

Let it be

Name: ivorie reigns

2009-04-28

ive been pagan my whole life and my man was raised christian. Of course we have had many arguements about religion over the years but one thing we keep in mind is we love each other and cant live without the other. There is way too much emphisis placed on under whos "name" we are to proclaim our love. Whatever higher power is out there or what we call them by the fact is we are all worshipping the same entity. Who cares what spiritual path we take as long as we are living well and winding up in the same afterlife? It doesnt matter how we get there just that we get there and if you truely belong together then my advice to you is create your own wedding entirely. Keep god juda budda sheva and princess laia out of it. Because whats really in a name? Its just a title. Say something along the lines of " in the loving presence and embrace of our creator i...." keep the focus on the purpose not the witness. Your love and new life together are far more important than anything else right now. Blessings.

Interfaith vows

Name: ivorie reigns

2009-04-28

aero and diana
Name: christian	2009-06-01
I'm sure there are people who are supposedly happy in a marriage with different beliefs, but how do you raise your children? You will be disagreeing on everything. The bible does say that you must be evenly yoked in order to have a fully sucessful marriage.

Core

Name: Bageria

2009-06-02

The core of almost all faiths and religions from Catholic to Christian to Hindu to Pagan, is to treat each other with love and respect, to be the best person you can, to hurt no others and help when and where you are able.
That is the core of faith and I believe that is the core of life and love. As long as two people believe in those same fundamental things how they get to the end goal isn't really important.

Do Not Yoke With Unbelievers

Name: QTPie

2009-06-13

Although this is a Christian take, the saying is true for any faith. I married a man who didn't believe the same I did...& we we're both "Christians." But that's a broad spectrum, as there are many denominations/practices in Christianity. We're now divorced, & going to have a confused child when she visits his church when she visits her sperm donor. I'm marrying a man raised Catholic, & I was raised Baptist. Not exactly an easy set of faiths to "yoke" either. But, we've come to an understanding about our faiths, & have strived to join as one. We share a lot of the same beliefs & have chosen to join a Lutheran church. We try to balance the things we disagree on. For instance, my daughter will be baptized through our church after we are married, but if she comes to a knowledge of understanding & proclaims her faith at another time, outside of her confirmation classes, she will be baptized by my father (ordained Baptist minister) as a public confirmation of her faith, & will at that time partake in communion. Redundant? Maybe, but we want her to know that she needs to come to her own conclusions about her faith, with God & what his Bible teaches in mind. As her guides, we are doing what we can to blend our family. Although we don't agree on everything, having common interests & beliefs does help. We're also growing closer, because we want to grow spiritually together.

Interfaith
Name: Jj-ones	2009-06-18
Faith doesn't matter because it's an individual, private and very personal exprience. I am of spiritual faith and my partner is roman catholic and we both are set in what we belive and it's a perfect match as we don't push our beliefs on one another but dicuss ideas and what we think. that is key to any relationship. love and light

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Name: Bonnie	2009-08-06
This vow doesn't particularly stike me as one that I would like to use. However, my husband is muslim and I'm christian. We may have different traditions and religions but we share one very powerful belief in the same God. Our life is much more enriched because of these differences.

Another response to Aero
Name: Micah	2009-09-17
Faith is not core to our very souls, or all Athiests would be absolutely miserable. I have known many who are perfectly happy. Thus, it is not faith, but love that is core to our very souls. And as many celebrities demonstrate, it is love that you cannot remain married without.

another response to aero

Name: yvonne

2010-01-07

aero, agreeing on faith or shall i say religious views is not the most important things in a marriage. my mum is a christian and my dad is an atheist and it worked for them (silver wedding this year). i am a christian and my fiance is an atheist- and it works. i personally believe the 'core of our souls' are our moral and family values (such as living together or not before marriage/ engagement; having kids or not before marriage/ engagement; how to bring up kids; how they see marriage etc.) which i believe both should agree on.

Agreeing with Diana
Name: Michelle	2010-05-23
My husband and I are interfaith and very happy!!

Faith is based on BASIC Morals and Principles

Name: Kat

2010-07-25

Almost every religion is based on the same underlying principles. My husband was raised Muslim and I was raised Christian. My father is an Atheist. Neither my husband nor I attend church/mosque. But we believe in the same Higher Power and have very strong morals and values that are one-in-the-same. I feel his moral character is closer to mine than most Christian men I dated previously. We both live for honesty, doing the right thing, and respect of other people and cultures. We respect each other's religious traditions and family traditions. And no, we don't agree on everything- but we learn to compromise on what is important to the other without losing the individuality we both come into this relationship with. Those individual differences which made us fall in love with each other in the first place. And for those interested, we are raising our daughter to be open-minded about religion, and that no one religion is necessarily right and others wrong. She may attend church, mosque, synagogue- anything she wishes- and when she comes home, we will discuss it and continue to reassure her of the values we teach.

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