That's a very good post, JR

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jul 14, 2008 at 13:45

The reality is that cultural differences often are a big challenge. I know it's not easy an decision to end a relationship, even if it were abusive and bad, but if you cannot give up your faith in Jesus truly, then you'd just be converting to Islam on paper so to speak.

Dr. Pipes touches on this in this section, and I think that's why a lot of women "convert" to Islam when they marry Muslim men, because they just want a happy family, as you said. To them, JR, religion just isn't that important, but to your credit, it is to you.

When I was dating my woman over myspace, I was continually making sacrifices in my faith, and I never wanted to admit it, but it made me very unhappy. It wasn't easy to let her go despite all the cheating and lying she did. Let's face it, no relationship is bad ALL the time.

The concern that I have for you, JR, is are you going to be able to stick to your guns on this? It sounds like this was a pretty mutual break-up, but the concern I always have for women on here is being able to say a firm NO.

I really wish everyone would read this post, because you really the nail on the head on a lot of issues.

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