worldguy wrote:The kid can be both. Why does he have to chose. They can learn from both the religions. Most of the people who are stuck in their careers can hardly devote time and are anyway not religious. Their parents have accepted that and thus they will just be a multi cultural family.
Eloquent WG, you stole the words right outta my mouth.
Why does it have to be your religion or my religion? It OUR religion, and we can learn something from them all. At the very least we must respect all religions, as well as religious beliefs weather we have a stake in them or not.
I don't know much about faith and what have you, I just think of religions as heightened philosophy!
But I gotta say Love is highly overrated. For all those who say that Love is all that matters and religion, nationality are irrelevant are sorely wrong.
For instance:-
People from Asia as very culturally and spiritually inclined. It's these beliefs and practices that shape their personalities. If you fall for someone from this part of the world then the onus is on you to understand their beliefs and cultural practices, if want to stay happy. Because to expect them to detach from their upbringing and beliefs will affect their personalities.....and you'll end up wondering, Is this the person I fell for?
So Love is really not enough when it comes to intercultural, inter faith marriages. It takes a mammoth effort for such alliances to work.
In inter faith marriages I see a lot of people change their faiths/ convert to get married. I don't get the logic behind that. In my opinion two religions can also be a very enlightning and enriching experiance.
I particularly liked Bora's take on such alliances, get married if you really like the person and with time as you learn more your partners religion/ way of life, which should come naturally, you can convert. That would be so much more enriching.