Does it matter when both you and your partner practice different religion in a relationship?

uhm i think that is a Que for you to be asken your other

but it all depends on the religion
out of the 880 some odd religions they have out there some, dont play well with others

It does totally depend on the partner and how similar their beliefs and values are. Religious titles are not always the best way to determine that.

For example, there are very rigid Christians who could never accept someone who was living a homosexual lifestyle, period. There are those who might feel like its equal to heterosexual lifestyle. And many shades in between. I have a son and brother who live homosexual lifestyles, and I could never 'mix' with the kind of Christian who would make them feel unwelcome or unloved, nor one that would encourage it. I would be best with someone that could just take them and love them as they are, while staying out of their choice of lifestyle one way or the other.

Another example is I have a close and very christian cousin who dates a muslim guy. He is like family to us. He practices his faith without imposing or demanding anything of her, and she practices her faith as well. They have the same basic values of compassion and responsibility and cleanliness and neighborly love, so it works. But like I said, I think it is because knowing religious affiliation is not TRULY the way to know how compatible you might be. You must know what values are important to THAT INDIVIDUAL, regardless of the religion they feel affiliated with.

Yes. At least one of you will end up religious in name only.

Yes, Usually causes a added problem in a relationship.

This thread is proof of what I was saying, religious self appointed titles, dont tell you how a person lives or believes ,,, it really has to be determined by spending the time to know what they are about and what they value ...

I think it has a lot to do with personal toleration.
I have no problem allowing others to believe what they want.
What I have found every time is others don't afford the same to me.

I think tolerance is also part of it in casual relationship. I believe the question comes in sharing an actual life with another and how different religious faiths define such a relationship and the roles within it.

I think, for alot of Christians, there is ONE scripture which says not to be unequally yoked. I know that verse is interpreted many ways with different people

Even if one is tolerant of others behaviors, they may not want to try to share their life and navigate if those behaviors will become a regular part of their life and/or contrast with the behaviors their faith encourages. That same scripture told husbands not to sleep with their wives as well, but many miss that. It was for a specific people facing a specific crisis. But that is only the way I read it, when I considered the full context.

For me, it is about what I can 'control', which is MY own behavior and no one else.

For me, if a partner will not in any way prevent or oppose me living my values, and they are living with the behaviors and values that compliment each other, whatever they feel the source may be, I cant see a reason to object to a male and female living their life together.

My current gf and I have different views about God.
Neither of us are "religious" but our views cause both of us to have the same values in life.
Since neither of us push our beliefs on one another, we get along great.
Its her ability to accept me as I am that allows our relationship to work (so far).

If I do or say something that is against her views, she tells me and I adjust my behavior to accommodate her.
She accommodates my beliefs as well.

We both live in reality but our morals are shaped by our beliefs.
Since our morals align, our beliefs that create and maintain them are not really important.

I allowed her to see how my faith in my God works and it made her faith in her God that much stronger.

My belief is not an issue to her.
Her belief is not an issue to me.
We are tolerant of each other's beliefs without trying to inject our own upon the other on a constant basis.

Yes it does matter. You should both be learning and studying the bible instead of religion. Religion is man made and as for the bible, God gave the word.

Different Religions will create a division between partners and the bible won't.
Let every men be a liar and God the truth, says the Holy Bible.

Different Religions will create a division between partners and the bible won't.
Let every men be a liar and God the truth, says the Holy Bible.