AriaIncognito Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I was wondering... Jewish men usually like to date within their religion, as to keep the jewish blood line going. Why is it that jewish men will date non-jews, if this is the case? Along those lines, I'm also wondering, for those Jewish that marry non-jewish, what is it that made you decide to marry interfaith? How did you handle the stress of telling your family? How did it work out? How hard was it for you to come to the conclusion that you'd basically break the lineage, so to speak, in order to stay in love with someone? Curious, of course, because I'm in a scenario where I'm dating someone of a different religion, but I'm just wondering in general how people have fared with this. I know that interfaith couples exist, so some people do decide to go against the grain, I'm just wondering how they were able to come to that conclusion, and possibly how long it took (if it was basically a life long belief that they'd marry the same religion). Thanks for reading! Jennifer Link to post Share on other sites
paige367 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Perhaps it's because it's slim pickin's within their religion or perhaps they are curious about women of other religions. I dated a Jewish man for a while who was very into his religion and I'm totally cool with that but in the end he let me go because although he came from an interfaith marraige he couldn't see it working with us. Who knows? Any Jewish guys out there to demystify us? Link to post Share on other sites
Admiral Thrawn Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I've only dated people of my own faith, not because I'm picky on religion, but it's just the way it is. Very few types of women are intersted in me, it just happens when they are they are all Christian, so I never bias on faith. Furthermore, I'm nervous to be with someone who doesn't have the Spirit of Christ in them, and who just doesn't care about the things of God, and I always think there is going to be spiritual friction or some sort of dissonance. People who dont have God first and foremost in their lives are more likely to be high-maintenance or high medium maintenance people because they lack the security and peace that comes with a sound spiritual foundation. Link to post Share on other sites
sno Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I was wondering... Jewish men usually like to date within their religion, as to keep the jewish blood line going. Why is it that jewish men will date non-jews, if this is the case? Along those lines, I'm also wondering, for those Jewish that marry non-jewish, what is it that made you decide to marry interfaith? How did you handle the stress of telling your family? How did it work out? How hard was it for you to come to the conclusion that you'd basically break the lineage, so to speak, in order to stay in love with someone? Curious, of course, because I'm in a scenario where I'm dating someone of a different religion, but I'm just wondering in general how people have fared with this. I know that interfaith couples exist, so some people do decide to go against the grain, I'm just wondering how they were able to come to that conclusion, and possibly how long it took (if it was basically a life long belief that they'd marry the same religion). Thanks for reading! Jennifer Jewish people are very stong on their beliefs and believe different from a christian. It is ok to marry interfaithfully as long as you both are saved. God speaks on not being unequally yoked meaning don't marry a none believer. The one thing about marring this way is different beliefs different churches etc maybe hard on a marriage, and discussing faith sometimes can lead to arguing if you believe differently. So you just have to know your boundarys, what to do and say, what not to. Link to post Share on other sites
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