You are of one religion, your significant other is of another. How will you raise the kids. Your beliefs, your significant others beliefs, both even if they contradict or will you let the child choose when he/she gets old enough?
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I converted to my husbands... so we are the same. I believe a woman should follow her husband. I wouldn't have married someone I couldn't have followed. So thats not an issue in my house.
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I believe being religious is important....so whoever is the most into church should be the one taking the kids....almost all religions still believe in God and encourage you to be a better person.....so I would let them choose when they are old enough....but as for the young ones just get them into church....any church
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I am in a mixed faith marriage with children. We teach the kids about both religions, never using definite truth terms, instead we say "some beleive" or "I think that" Instead of "this is the truth". We celebrate holidays from both religions as a family and worship privately (without each other or our children). When/if our children ask to accompany us to church/temple/rites we will always welcome them to come with open arms and remind them to keep an open mind and an open heart. We have decided to let our children participate in any religious activity they would like to, and never ask them to/make them go to any religious services they do not want to (with certain exceptions being family weddings and the like where the purpose is not soley religious). This seemed to us to be the only thing that made sense and it has never been a sore topic in our household.
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This doesn't really answer your question, but I wouldn't marry someone of different religion unless they were willing to sincerely convert. My religion is that important to me. But let's say it happened hypothetically: I would raise the kids Catholic, but (like my parents did for my siblings and myself)after making sure they were as informed about Catholicism and what it means to be Catholic as possible, especially by setting a good example, I would allow them to decide whether or not they wanted to be Catholic at age 18. I would never force my child to do something or be something they didn't feel right about.
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this is what the Bible talks about in "mixed marriages", religions, not race.Jew and Catholic, conflict, especially for kids. the Bible talks about sons marrying out of the faith.
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I would only marry someone of the same faith. We dedided to have cats instead of kids so the whole religious instruction is a moot point in my case.
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Personally, I'd continue to exercise your own faith and allow your S.O. to do the same; teach your children about each religion, but don't make one seem more "right" than the other. Also consider educating them about other religions and faiths over the years, and then when they get old enough, allow them to choose for themselves what sort of faith they want to follow.
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Good question.... my bf is Catholic and I am a Pagan Witch...... My religion does not foster the need to convert others, in fact, the practice is frowned upon. I couldn't lie and pretend to convert to something I cannot follow. That would be morally wrong (IMO)and would set a bad example if I ever have kids. On a good note, he is only loosely Catholic... which is like an oxymoron. In my opinion, my input only, I believe children should be shown the glorious wonders of life, and allowed to ascertain where they came from. They can observe my religion with me and learn his with him, if they wish to attend church, so be it, but I will dissuade churches wihich force ideals I feel to be morally corrupt or mentally unsound. My children will thus be shielded from corruption and led to believe what is most true to them. Ideallicly anyway.
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oddly enough my s/o and I are of different religions she is a christian I am a satanist, but as my religion is all about personal choice, and she is a very fair minded person we have decided to let the children, who are brilliant, know that religions exist and make their own choice.
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