Changing your religion

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jul 29, 2008 at 21:22

Sister in Abraham, I welcome you to our discussion. I am sorry to hear about your situation.

First of all, you must understand that to become Hindu would mean rejecting the God of Abraham. Are you at heart prepared to do this?

Secondly, please understand, that religious men sometimes hide their beliefs for fear of losing a woman. They wait until they are sure she likes him back to reveal who they really are. This is a trick, and I fear that he had this planned all along.

Look, I'm a Catholic, and fairly religious by today's standards. I used to hide this from pretty girls worried that it would scare them off, but if you're serious, which you clearly are, then it's gotta come out sooner or later.

No one can force a different religion on another.

You may have read the blog that Dr. Pipes wrote above the comments here: Some Italian women convert to Islam, but WHY? It is usually just because they want a family and don't care about religion. Such is the state of the EU and could be it's utter ruin. So really, at heart, they are not Muslim. The men who marry them and champion them around are too blind to see that, I think.

Even if you did want to be Hindu, the way that he's going about it is kind of tricky I would guess. Also, don't think that by converting you will be respected by his family. It's not a guaruntee, but if you are the same ethnic group, it may help in all honesty.

I really sense that you don't want to be Hindu, though, because you are asking for third party confirmation on here for a major life decision and it's been 8 months.

I recently read an article in "Notre Dame" magazine talking about change. The author notes:

A call for change is often a call for others to change, not for the person who calls for change to change themselves.

Listen, I can understand why you would like--well, love-- this man. There's always thrill and excitement in dating someone who is different. But over time, I think you'll find that your faith is maybe more important to you. I think you need to ask yourself what is truly more important to you.

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