Comments on: Inter-religious relationships

By: Andrew Estrada

Andrew Estrada — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:11:10 +0000

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By: caitlin

caitlin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:16:03 +0000

omg! im a catholic girl, not very strong in my faith and i fell in love with a mormon guy i spent the whole summer with. after summer he went back to utah and now all of a sudden we dont talk and i think it is because he cant be with me because im catholic. religion complicates things a lot.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:09:50 +0000

I am Catholic, attended Brigham Young University, and fell in love with an incredible woman who is LDS. We loved each other so much that we decided to go our separate ways so as to have better lives with other people. We tried to work things out but knew that in the end it would be extremely difficult to raise children with both faiths. Unless one of you is not very strong in your perspective faiths, it will be very emotionally draining to continue a relationship.

By: Stevie

Stevie — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:01:53 +0000

I have been married for 38 years and am still glad she said ‘yes’ (and hope that she is), BUT believe me, marriage is hard enough without this very significant and added complication. It would be very immature to enter into marriage in the hope that God will sort everything out - he expects us to make sensible and, sometimes painful, decisions to avoid forseeable problems. I am a Catholic and my wife was baptised into the Church of England(Episcopalian) but (as is common in England) her family were totally uninterested in religion. She is sympathetic to Catholicism but would never consider converting (because as she admits, it would bring obligations and she does not want them). Our children were brought up as Catholics and attended Catholic schools (at some sacrifice, especially to my wife). If religion has sometimes caused trouble in our household, I cannot see how it could fail to be the cause of a great deal of trouble in yours, especially since the other religion involved is the LDS.

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:02:31 +0000

I am not a Mormon, but believe strongly in the Book of Mormon and my church (RLDS, a belief system with the same roots as the LDS but very different). I’ve fallen for a Catholic guy. In so many ways, we’re perfect for one another, but the religion issue seems insurmountable. We respect each other’s faiths but have a deep conviction of our own. I can’t imagine spending my life with someone else. However, after months of agonizing over it, I have not yet thought of a way I could have children with him and not lose my identity. I believe the father should be the spiritual head of the household and yet I’d be betraying the deepest part of myself if I didn’t pass on what I believe to my children. I know that with God nothing is impossible. I’ve been searching for stories with happy endings, though, and haven’t found any that would be happy for me. Either both spouses give up their religions, one converts, or they don’t have kids. None of these options paint a picture I want for my future (or his). If anyone has discovered another way, I would appreciate hearing about it hugely.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:08:53 +0000

I’m pretty much in the same boat as you are in. I’m Catholic and in love with a Mormon guy.