Can religion doom relationships?

[dwulf]

Okay, let's say that we have two people that love each other very much. The only thing is that they don't agree with each other on the matter of religion. What is more powerful, their mutual love or their respective religions?

[Ender]

WWhat is more powerful, their mutual love or their respective religions?

What sort of asinine question is that? Anything can destroy relationships. And I mean anything, days of bad weather have been known to cause breakups. If something as small as weather patterns can ruin a good thing, how do you figure something as important (albeit to some) could not? You're asking questions and using examples that require absolutes. What sort of answer could you possibly be looking for?

[dwulf]

You make a very good point. I was just posing a question, though in retrospect a very stupid one.:o Well, anyone who reads this, feel free to respond as you please regardless.:)

[Vendetta]

What sort of asinine question is that? Anything can destroy relationships. And I mean anything, days of bad weather have been known to cause breakups. If something as small as weather patterns can ruin a good thing, how do you figure something as important (albeit to some) could not? You're asking questions and using examples that require absolutes. What sort of answer could you possibly be looking for?
One might posit that ANY relationship that can be destroyed by something as minor as the weather (to use your example) wasn't much of a relationship. I think he has a valid point.

And I've been in plenty of (relatively) sucessful relationships where we disagreed in terms of religion. In not one case did religion or our difference of, end the relationship. Although I would say it led to some heated arguments at times.

Of course YMMV.

[Tempest]

When I was Wiccan, I dated a Catholic. I've also dated a Satanist. I don't think it mattered in either situation. We just made sure we were respectful of each other's faiths and didn't try to convert each other. Pretty easy.
Of course, I think people who are a little more zealous than we were could run into a few problems, and sure, maybe even break up. It's all about respecting each other's views.

[ThrasherCub]

Absolutely. Never had that kind of relationship fall apart due to religion, but I have had friendships do the same. It wasn't some spiteful thing where we were sure the other one was some sinning idiot though. Religion is more than stories and dogma and ideas on why we are here. They are philosophy. And these friendships faded away because our world views were growing apart from each other. We of course could have tried to work it out but it really just didn't look too promising. Had we both been like that when we met we likely wouldn't have paid any mind to each other.