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Inter religious Courting; Should we restrain ourselves to our own?
Topic Started: 23 Apr 2009, 10:56 PM (4,425 Views)
Ezekiel
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So, yeah. I'm that guy, the one that come back every once in a while. Of course some of you remember me and some of you who are probably new don't because of obvious reasons.

Anyway, I've come to ask about your view on Inter religious dating. Not just between different Christian groups, but also with completely different religions.

I'm actually quite confused if a person is committing a sin if he/she dates someone who's of different beliefs. :blink:

Help Ezekiel rest his mind and you'll get a cookie ^^

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Do not be unequally yoked. Not quite sure where that is but I know its in there somewhere. And also there are several verses that say you're friends will lead you astray... So if it isn't a sin, it certainly isn't wise...
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Ezekiel
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I don't quite understand your post at all so I'll give out an example of what I'm saying

Let's say, there's this guy called, John Smith. John Smith met a girl who's a... Let's say Hindu.
Now John Smith decides to marry her. The thing I don't get is... Is it taboo to marry someone outside your own religion?
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no-look at the house of judah !!!!
but you open yourself up to being influenced by other gods (see moabites in dA bible) :sweat: :sweat:
and then again if you have faith to beleive for their soul your partner could choose jesus !!!

for this reASON WE ARE WARNED TO NOT BE UNEQUALLY YOKED......its a warning for us-if we heed a warning from God WHO KNOWS WHATS BEST FOR US things turn out best for us in the end.

GOD loves all people and wants to reconcile them to himself
if a person knows of Jesus and chooses to reject him and you know Jesus and are putting him first in your life what part have you then with the one who rejects him?

its not a matter of donts its a matter of choice.
your spirits along with your bodies join and become 1 in the union of marraige-which ultimately what "dating" is leading to when you take a majority of christians views-so if you beleive that when you accept jesus as your lord he wipes away your sin in Gods eyes why would you wanna take on another half of someone elses !!!!! or if you wanna get really down to truth why join yourself with the
spiritually dead?
christians beleive the holy spirit is sent from God and because of what jesus did for us on the cross is available to us now so if you dont have the holy spirit what spirit do you have? and what spirit do you want to join youreslf to? budda? 5 trillion Hindu spirits? this ISNT A FLOGGING SESS of other religions-its just some facts.its your choice.

theres heaps more....




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Ezekiel
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I understand that part but I'm asking if it's spiritually legal to marry anyway?
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sorry i dont know what you mean by spiritually legal
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Ezekiel
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Is it allowed for Christians to date THEN marry the person who's of different faith.
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while everything is possible for a christian not everything is benefitial.

Apart from the dont be unequally yoked with unbeleivers scripture Paul also says that a Christian only has a right to marry "in the lord" (2 Cor 6;14) also found Proverb 19;14 "a prudent wife is from the lord"


are you thinking about it John ?

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Ezekiel
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Well, let see what my good friend John says...

"Aw, Goddam-!"

Yay for imaginary digital friends!
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eZI,eZI,eZI !!!!................nooooooo not you !!! :ninja: :ninja: ;)

o.k,o.k- is it too late?

.......are u.......ARAZEC cant bring herself to say it......
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Ezekiel
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*sings in tune*

Ezi's delusional... Uhuh!
Ezi's delusional!
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Just because something is permissible, doesn't mean it is beneficial. God didn't select behaviors at random and label them sin. If He tells you not to do something, He has a good reason for it. Going against His instructions will hurt you and everyone around you.

Christian morals aren't merely a set of rules, regulations, and commandments, they're a series of principles.

In response to this particular instance, I'm going to assume you're courting with the possibility of marriage at some point. If you're just doing it for fun without intending it to go somewhere that's a bad idea for reasons I'm not going to discuss in this post.

The thing about non-Christians is that marriage with them is always a bad idea. An ideal marriage will allow the partners to work together to come closer to God as they come closer together. You've probably seen the triangle diagram. Non-Christians are not moving toward God. Thus, in your relationship you'll have to choose between your relationship with God and with that person. This is bad.

Also, in both the dating and marriage lives your difference in religions, if either of you hold to your beliefs with any conviction, will be a source of friction. The "unequally yoked" image is a picture of a wagon being pulled by two oxen. Imagine if they were going different speeds and different directions. They'd be frustrated and get nowhere. How much worse to be in a marriage with friction like that.

Of course, you can always think that perhaps the person you date will come to Christ and be saved before you get married. This is called "missionary dating" and everyone I've heard talk about it has said it's a bad idea. It's not mentioned explicitly in Scripture as being forbidden, but the Bible doesn't talk about dating much directly. If you take this approach it could work, but it almost certainly will cause you and your partner a lot of grief. I recommend avoiding it.
Note that Cameron is not Patrick and does not run Godlimations.
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we can make all the recomendations you we want but at the end of the day you have your own free will and well i dont need to tell you the "dont" cause you pretty well are searching for them....

Yes i beleive in a God that can turn every train wreck decision around for your own good -but Ezi I mean ask your friend John......does he really want to save himself some pain & suffering? \

while your at it.......ask him....what is it about this person that i feel i need to be with them?
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I'm NOT talking about the yoke of 2 cows or something.
I'm asking if religions ALLOW this sort of thing.
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John, You can do whatever you want. If you want to get married in a church, you probably either want to go to a liberal church in california, or make sure that person is a christian. Option 2) Get married in a court or something. You know legally but cheap or something. And if they allow it, i would say yes/no depending on the devotedness to scripture/ whatever book of belief they hold themselves to.
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