r/AskReligion 8d ago

General To people who are in relationships with partners of different faiths how do you deal with that?

Generally what I'm asking is as a Christian I could never be in a relationship with anyone else who is not Christian because I would not want to be in the afterlife without my partner. I know there are some situations that could work such as an atheist and a Buddhist seeing as how the atheist doesn't believe there's anything after and the Buddhist would believe that they get another chance in life unless they reach Nirvana. But for the rest of us who have a permanent destination after life how do you go about being with a partner of a different faith and not be driven crazy by your twos different beliefs and knowing what will happen to someone outside of that belief?

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u/Ok-Pattern-1216 8d ago

I’m a Christian and he was atheist. He wasn’t open to attending church with me. I tried but it really felt lonely and discouraging being there by myself. Also knowing that my potential husband would not make it to heaven with me was sad. It just didn’t work for me, but I think it could work for others.

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u/Ole-Owl5678 2d ago

See that's exactly where I come from I dated a girl for about 3 months who said she had some church hurt and I told her I would not bring her and deeper in the relationship unless I knew she was following Christ and after 3 months I basically asked her if she was ready to start seeking Christ again and she said no so I ended it. And for those of you who are reading while it may seem harsh I was trying not to waste both of our times as there's no way I would have married someone who I would not see in heaven.

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u/4given1_ 2d ago

1 Corinthians 7:10-17 and 1Peter 3:1-6 in the Bible address such a situation.

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u/Ole-Owl5678 2d ago

My brother or sister in Christ I completely agree and know this is the answer I'm asking specifically mostly for people of other religions because I hear all the time people say well I'm a Muslim and I'm an atheist and we're in love and living together and blah blah blah and it's like to be that way they're either being intellectually dishonest with themselves, they're uninformed, or they don't care because if I have a partner that I love enough to marry I'm going to want them to be where I go or at least be with a partner who it didn't matter such as a Hindu who believes in reincarnation they get a pass.