Interfaith Dating.....

I do have relatives of other faiths.

I love them and pray for them, and try to show them my faith as best I can by how I live and how I treat them.

 

There's a lot to be said for recreational dating.

 

Differences of religious affiliation are only an obstacle when one belief says that it's the one true way. This is almost exclusive to monotheism. I have a coworker who is a Buddhist; his wife is not. They do just fine.

 

Are we talking Baptist or Methodist different faith or Jew or Muslim different faith?

 

I'd have to say Jew and Muslim, since "Christianity" is the actual faith, not Baptist or Methodist.

 

Agreed.

I tend to agree with you, but there are factions within Christianity (& other faiths) that differ from each other enough to cause some pretty severe conflict. Depends on how avidly devoted to a particular sect the individuals are, I think.

If your purpose in dating is primarily to search for a mate, & your faith is central to your life, & you consider it to be the only true way--then it may be foolish to date outside that faith & risk falling in love with the "wrong" person--or risk challenging your own beliefs.

If you just want to enjoy the company & friendship, I think you're foolish to limit yourself to people who think like you do. You don't learn & grow if you limit yourself that way.

 

Any of those. Be it muslim, jewish, wiccan, etc and also any one of the various christian sects. I would imagine it would be easier if it were two variants of the same faith.

 

True, but if you know before hand the other is of a different faith, then you already know it won't lead to anything. Why date? Nevermind the "recreational dating" thing.

 

True, and one of the drawbacks to these types of religions.

 

Jew or Muslim different faith.