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JDavid wrote :
From what is said above, (and from what we know from real world experience) one can have a bad marriage between people of the same religion – or a bad marriage between people of different religions -- and help from a holy spirit may not make a bad marriage into a good one (even between people of the same faith).

What, then, can be identified as a reason to prefer to marry a person of the same religion?

"Equally yoked" seems to have flexible meaning,
This is SUCH a true statement. There is absolutely nothing that would make me believe that two people of the same faith (even if it is one professing forgiveness, grace, and mercy) will get along any better than people of two different beliefs (or non-belief)

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Absolutely not. If you have Love then why go elsewhere. God is Love.
- September 29th, 2009, 04:42 pm
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When the music plays and it's a foxtrot, I express my desire to move and to show emotion through a foxtrot. If it's a waltz, I express myself through a waltz. If it's a tango, well then I just really let it all fly. I can express myself through many different dances. Each one says things a little differently, since they tend to have a different vocabulary and style, but they are all still dances that I can use to express myself. In tango, I'm more dramatic, in waltz, I float and glide. Yet, still, I can use each of them in a way that expresses what I feel.

I am, officially, a Friend. There are religions that are compatible with my beliefs and for now, the Religious Society of Friends best fits me, but I could do as well if I joined the Unitarians, or became a Buddhist or Taoist. Perhaps Shinto, but I'm not so sure about that. I could also accept Judaism, but that also has limits on what it teaches about some topics like the afterlife. I might consider some forms of Paganism, but I have trouble with the need for ceremony.

I would not consider certain forms of Christianity or Islam or some other religions. Some people have taken this thread as a chance to discuss why their belief is the one true one. I won't go into that discussion, since it's OT, but I will say that I don't believe in one true faith and could not convert to any faith that felt it was such.

I've always believed, as I've heard so often, "The paths are many, the Truth is one."
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I believe in God and Jesus. I will look at other religions of the one I have an interest in but my beliefe will never change. I feel there is more ways than one way to get into his house. there is the front door the back door and a whole host of windows. it is not which way you come in but just that you do. I am open to except one who is not of the same religion as I however it makes things easier if we also share the same religion as another common ground issue. smile
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