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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, I believe that I Corinthians 7:14 says "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy."

In most churches nationwide, women outnumber men 2 to 1.  This works out well for the churches:  neverending supply of single women to teach Sunday School, pour coffee, and handle the altar flowers.  For women who wish to marry, however, you may have to make a choice.  If you decide to stick with the (decidedly non-Biblical) advice to only marry a Christian, you are statistically less likely to marry. If you go for the non-believer. you may run into some of the problems cited above, especially with raising kids.

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The passage you quote is from the letter Paul sent to the Corinthians correcting errors in their belief, and what he was addressing here is whether a new believer who is already married should divorce his or her spouse if that spouse did not become a believer also. This is different from OP's situation, deciding whether to embark on a relationship with a non-believer.

It looks from here that OP is looking for people to tell her it's OK, and DCUM is certainly the right place for that, although I'm not sure why OP would say it's wrong for her to do so but think it's OK if still more non-believers say it's OK. Of course they would.

The more relevant passage here is not 1 Corinthians 7 but 2 Corinthians 6: "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?"

I really hope OP understands that her faith is being tested and that the LORD has something much better in mind for her than a relationship with someone who doesn't share her love of her Savior with her. [/quote]
As a Jew, I'm looking at this from the other end.

I would hate to be in a relationship with someone who is convinced I need to believe in Jesus to be "saved." It's an unacceptable judgment of MY religion and MY teligiois beliefs, which of course should be just as valid as those with different beliefs. Believe me, I know what I'm talking about. I was very close friends with someone who became an Evangelical Christian, and from that point forward, every interaction consisted of her trying to convince me that G-d wants me to believe in Jesus, or else I will be punished in hell. I told her repeatedly to stop, but she couldn't. Eventually, I severed the friendship.

Please do the guy a favor and allow him to find someone who does not think he is damned for eternity unless he follows your religious beliefs. It will be an unequal relationship from the start, with the implied message that he is "less than" you in G-d's eyes. [/quote]

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