| Arius Dion said: I've a question, would those who are religious disqualify the possibility of marriage with a person who isn't religous and vice versa? Some religious folks I know, seem to use Religion as a discriminatory process for choosing a mate. Just curious. |
I think it depends a lot of how much of a "strong" believer/practioneer the person is.
Here in Brazil people, in general, are very loose about their religion, and don't really like following strict rules. As a result we have many, many "weak" christians, most of them being catholic. It's so weak that a huge number of these people are catholic but also believe in spiritism or candomblé and things like that, even if they go directly against what the bibble or their church says. Kind of like robbers, murderes or dealers using crosses on their chests. So most people here don't give a crap about their partner's religion.
But some do. Some people (specially from baptist and also some evangelical denominations) take these things a lot more seriously and would surelly not even be in an intimate relationship with someone from a different religion, even if they're both crhistians. But these people, being a small minority, are seen as rather awkward when it comes to this habit.
So I think it depends a lot on the group you're looking at, but people who actually take their religion seriously would mostly not marry someone from another group.
