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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Life is long.  Most people's faith changes as they age.  More importantly, people can be happily married and of different beliefs.  The key is respect.  My DH and I have been married for 30 years.  We were both evangelical Christians when we got married at 22.  Between us we have been Southern Baptist, Methodist, Buddhist, Catholic, Krishna, Wicca, UU, Unity, and Episcopalian.  My DH was Atheist for a while.  We grow spiritually when we are willing to be open.

We attend an Episcopal Church - For now.[/quote]

Yeah I know that people of different religions can "get along", its just that God says no...[/quote]

Minister here.  No.  He/she doesn't say that.  Not even close. [/quote]

Hello, Minister -- YOUR interpretation of God doesn't say no, but other interpretations do -- and the concept of God is widely open to interpretation.[/quote]

I agree that people view God differently.  And I think it's awesome. Our relationship with our creator is ours alone.  But no where in Christian sacred scripture does God say anything even close to what the OP claims.  That is not open to interpretation.[/quote]

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?" [/quote]

I'm hesitant to even reply because most evangelicals know nothing about the Bible.  They know what they were told in Sunday School.  And they know what their pastors tell them.  But I have literally never met an evangelical Christian who truly understand scripture.

Briefly, first you said "God said" you weren't allowed to marry non-Christians.  But the verse you quoted was likely written by Timothy (possibly Paul). So God didn't say it, Timothy did

Second, and more importantly, that verse was part of a letter written to a specific group of people in a specific church to address a specific issue.  It is critical that we read the Bible (and all ancient texts) with an awareness of history, time, place, culture, religion, law, politics, etc.... And evangelical Christians are just not willing to take the time to do that.  [/quote]

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