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I don't like the Catholic Denomination at all (Not bashing, just saying)........that wouldn't stop me from dating a Catholic though. I don't think people are going to go to hell for being a different denomination or anything like that, Christ died for everybody.....not just a certain denomination. It wouldn't be an issue for me at all. Heck, I don't care if you go to a snake handling church if that's your thing, just don't expect me to join in with something I don't agree with would be all I ask
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I don't think there's any problems in dating outside your denomination, it just may be another challenge to work through. I don't see a Lutheran and a Catholic working so well (you know the Reformation thing) but maybe even that could work. I mean, I'm from a Lutheran background and Arlene's from a Pentecostal background, but we believe we can make things work. So, the short answer... it probably depends more on the individuals involved than denominational differences.
Absolutely! It really depends on the couple being able to look at their particular doctrinal upbringings and the differences between them. Outside of the essentials of faith (the deity of Christ, the inerrancy of scripture, etc) it comes down to which nonessential doctrines each is willing to compromise on. IMO entirely too many people try to make nonessential doctrines into essential and hang their hat on them.
My parents came from different denominational backgrounds (Methodist/Episcopal) and as they both discussed their faith they found that both of them had issues with doctrinal stances within each of their denominations and as a result I was raised in a Baptist church. I think that a mixed denominational relationship (if both parties are mature enough) can give both persons a great opportunity to grow spiritually in the process of working out the differences.
My parents came from different denominational backgrounds (Methodist/Episcopal) and as they both discussed their faith they found that both of them had issues with doctrinal stances within each of their denominations and as a result I was raised in a Baptist church. I think that a mixed denominational relationship (if both parties are mature enough) can give both persons a great opportunity to grow spiritually in the process of working out the differences.
Are you aware that, inside that "theological can of worms" (an expression I liked) there are too many believers who do not believe like you belived?
Are you aware that, even those who attended seminaries, do not belive in God or the Scriptures, but they said they believe?
The moment you interact, share or live will know your beliefs might be different and, the more you know one, you´ll see more are more (or less) committed than you, so I hope those worms would never bite any real believer.
Are you aware that, even those who attended seminaries, do not belive in God or the Scriptures, but they said they believe?
The moment you interact, share or live will know your beliefs might be different and, the more you know one, you´ll see more are more (or less) committed than you, so I hope those worms would never bite any real believer.
Dating outsiders have too little with being young, old, skinny or white and pale. Dating outsiders is endangering to love one who approached probably having differing beliefs (and views) as you might have encountered your same creed or denomination, even your same building and church.
I have heard of people attending places where most of them are old and there´s not youth people for them and, those who are, probably are married (thanks GOD for their being happily married).
I have heard of those who still seek a partner, their denomination, where she or he is too old, and these find her / his ideas old fashioned, so no one dared to go out dating those whose ideas are oldfashioned. Are ou aware many are dating outsiders because "religious" stardards do not match their possibilities, no matter those were religious or morals, but social, economics, visceral, etc.
Once a person gets their 30-50 he / she is more aware is left behind socially; because they think many are better, while several still wait for their BBD (I have seen it! I´m old enough to see it well).
Cougars or cradle robbers still exist each time you see people´s concern on loneliness, thinking it´s their human fault being alone and, contrary to asking more religious standards, some were debased, lost and confused in indulgencies (not only dating a "believer").
The more I read the Bible the less i saw people dating: Did Isaac date Rabekka?
Jacob was given the chance "to date" the one he liked, but that cost him 14 years to be married with the one he liked (and chose). Yes! Laban tricked him, but Jacob paid the painstaking price.
Be picky as much as you think or want but I also have heard: "Happiness is not where it is sought, but where it is found."
I know where I came from (an absolute pagan and unbeliever). i hope you are aware many were like that, so no one would boast like this:
Luk 18:11 The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
Those who think, like this religious man, could be lying to themselves. It doesn´t matter the age, race, social status, etc.
I have heard of people attending places where most of them are old and there´s not youth people for them and, those who are, probably are married (thanks GOD for their being happily married).
I have heard of those who still seek a partner, their denomination, where she or he is too old, and these find her / his ideas old fashioned, so no one dared to go out dating those whose ideas are oldfashioned. Are ou aware many are dating outsiders because "religious" stardards do not match their possibilities, no matter those were religious or morals, but social, economics, visceral, etc.
Once a person gets their 30-50 he / she is more aware is left behind socially; because they think many are better, while several still wait for their BBD (I have seen it! I´m old enough to see it well).
Cougars or cradle robbers still exist each time you see people´s concern on loneliness, thinking it´s their human fault being alone and, contrary to asking more religious standards, some were debased, lost and confused in indulgencies (not only dating a "believer").
The more I read the Bible the less i saw people dating: Did Isaac date Rabekka?
Jacob was given the chance "to date" the one he liked, but that cost him 14 years to be married with the one he liked (and chose). Yes! Laban tricked him, but Jacob paid the painstaking price.
Be picky as much as you think or want but I also have heard: "Happiness is not where it is sought, but where it is found."
I know where I came from (an absolute pagan and unbeliever). i hope you are aware many were like that, so no one would boast like this:
Luk 18:11 The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
Those who think, like this religious man, could be lying to themselves. It doesn´t matter the age, race, social status, etc.
Yes, LAV!
Instead, he wanted to make us ONE:
Joh 17:11 And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one just as you and I are one.
Joh 17:21 I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
Joh 17:22 I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be one, just as you and I are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.
Joh 11:51 Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people,
Joh 11:52 and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.
Althought I don´t like Paul´s:
1Co 10:32 Live in such a way as to cause no trouble either to Jews or Gentiles or to the church of God.
Even if a man married an unrepented unbeliever, this is also possible:
1Co 6:16 Or perhaps you don't know that the man who joins his body to a prostitute becomes physically one with her? The scripture says quite plainly, "The two will become one body."
2Co 5:19 Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.
2Co 5:19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Instead, he wanted to make us ONE:
Joh 17:11 And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one just as you and I are one.
Joh 17:21 I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
Joh 17:22 I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be one, just as you and I are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.
Joh 11:51 Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people,
Joh 11:52 and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.
Althought I don´t like Paul´s:
1Co 10:32 Live in such a way as to cause no trouble either to Jews or Gentiles or to the church of God.
Even if a man married an unrepented unbeliever, this is also possible:
1Co 6:16 Or perhaps you don't know that the man who joins his body to a prostitute becomes physically one with her? The scripture says quite plainly, "The two will become one body."
2Co 5:19 Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.
2Co 5:19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
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I just wondered how many people here just picked from another denomination to learn a lesson like these they said on this thread:
http://christianchat.com/christian-family-forum/95877-i-dont-want-another-divorce-3.html#post1637262
I don´t want to mention what I learned there.
http://christianchat.com/christian-family-forum/95877-i-dont-want-another-divorce-3.html#post1637262
I don´t want to mention what I learned there.
