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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Wow... you've had some experience. Thanks for sharing  I can see why you would think that Inter-religious dating is a bad idea. I suppose the key to my perception of how Inter-religious dating MIGHT work are that both parties are secular in their approach to each others, and their own beliefs. It sounds like your ex-husband was not like that, would you agree? |
Yes. If both people have a generally secular approach to the issue, then they are usually able to share thoughts without preaching or attempting to persuade the other.
No, the ex was just paranoid about things not Judeo-Christian. One often fears what one cannot grasp intellectually. He was able to accept my Judaic path because at least it was related throught the shared "Old" Testament. I think he would even have been more comfortable if my shift had been toward Atheism. He would literally shudder when walking into my office (at home) because of my "idolatry" once the representations of dieties were displayed. I never could reconcile that idolatry concept with people wearing crucifixes and having artistic representations of Jesus, Mary and the prophets though.