Peace178 – Does a woman have to give up her faith and join her husband’s faith?
As a pre-nuptial agreement, there are women who give up their faith and join their would-be husbands’ faith. There are also married women who give up their faith to be one with their husbands’.
Should it be a pre-condition that a woman should give up her faith? Should a woman follow the wishes of her husband including her giving up her faith? Is this how a wife should look up to her husband?
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No, a woman doesn't "have" to give up her faith and no, it should not be a pre-condition. If a woman is foolish enough to give up her faith then it should be her choice to do so according to her own free will. What if a pre-nuptial agreement mandated the requirement of the husband to give up his faith? What if both were of the same faith and didn't need to give up their faith? If it's that big of an issue then, why not break up and find someone of your faith. Not only would two people of the same faith not have to give up anything but, they can also encourage each other on their faith and build on that. Wouldn't that be better than the alternative? My fiance and I are both Christian and it's a good thing too because neither one of us would turn away from Christ.
No. In fact one should should not marry outside the faith: Christian marriage is not of the flesh only, as in the atheist's fleshly, convenient arrangement. "What God has joined together" is more than the average do comprehend, and so we see divorce amongst the christian population.
Consider this A triangle: At the bottom in one corner is a man in the other is a woman at the top corner is God.
The couple at the bottom as they grow in faith move up toward God and so draw closer to God and each other becoming one in the spirit, just as they have in the flesh, and that only if their faith is within the triangle of love.
Faith determines compatibility.
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No, I feel that if the husband really LOVES his wife, then he wouldn't expect her to change. If you can't accept someone as they are, then you don't really love them. Why does the wife owe the husband anything? What does he give up for her? Yet the wife is the one who has to get pregnant and give birth. Furthermore, the husband is no longer the sole provider in many cases. I was always told that I'd have to take care of myself because a man isn't going to care for you, even if you marry. Why should I sacrifice something so special for someone who can't accept me as I am?
Ditto for surnames. I don't object to a woman taking her husband's name, but I resent that society demands it. A man should have the right to take his wife's name, a wife should have the right to keep her own name, and no one should judge.
I've heard about it a lot, and it burns me up. If I were to marry, then I hope that my husband would see me as a companion and not his property. Your religious faith is part of who you are.
If I were to marry, and the guy couldn't accept me the way I am... I don't wanna spend my life with him!
It's a stupid provision, because all that person is doing is agreeing to change the way they express their faith - they can't change the faith itself. If the religion is a deeply held conviction, then nothing - no prenuptial, not going to another church for 20 years - will change what the person actually believes. I would not marry any man who assumed that his faith was superior simply because it was his, or that my faith could be set aside so easily.
it depends on if she's strong in her religion or not. If she is very faithful, she shouldn't give it up. She is a person with her own rights to her own beliefs. However, if she isn't very religious, or doesn't mind, then I guess it's alright for her to convert to her husband's belief. But it is also vice versa. If the wife is very religious and the husband isn't, he should convert to HER belief. women and men are equal and have equal rights and stuff.
Not at all.
My Husband isn't very religious per se...but I am.
He supports my decision to raise our Daughter in my religion & often attends with me.
If the husband is a Christian yes you should join his religion, if the wife is then no he should join yours. If you are not Christians then you should join in and receive God abiding grace and forgiveness from your sins.
how about respecting each others beliefs. how about a man giving up his faith for hers. a marriage is a partnership.
So after marriage does the wife still hold her family name or surname?
what your opinion about this?
no we all have brains and we dont take orders from men. That is nuts.