Should we convert to our parteners religion?

[Thorne]

One other thing that has occurred to me. If your religious beliefs are so flimsy that you can switch from one to another at the drop of a hat, what's the point? It's one thing to switch churches within the same religion, and I suppose I could see switching between different forms of of a religion, but what about different religions altogether? Would you convert from, say Baptist to Judaism? Or from Mormon to Wiccan? And what if your partner is an atheist? Would you give it up altogether?

You've got to be yourself, I think. If your partner can't love you for who you are, it's not worth even trying.

[rocco]

I'm rather religious myself and have a belief in a higher power, although my wife is atheist. We did actually discuss this point when we first went out together, rather amicably actually! However, we've never really allowed our political views or beliefs as such to interfere with our marriage. Its always been a personal thing, so that's how we keep it. And so far its worked wonders.

[leo9]

One other thing that has occurred to me. If your religious beliefs are so flimsy that you can switch from one to another at the drop of a hat, what's the point? It's one thing to switch churches within the same religion, and I suppose I could see switching between different forms of of a religion, but what about different religions altogether? Would you convert from, say Baptist to Judaism? Or from Mormon to Wiccan? And what if your partner is an atheist? Would you give it up altogether?

You've got to be yourself, I think. If your partner can't love you for who you are, it's not worth even trying.

That was actually my first thought. On the one hand, if you can convert just to make your partner happy, your religion can't have mattered that much to you. On the other, if it does matter a lot to you, but you convert anyway, the relationship is probably doomed if it costs you so dear.