Comments on: Interfaith Q&A

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:59:50 +0000

Very interesting post. I’d be interested in knowing how your parents reacted to it. Do you think they would agree with your statement “I want to raise my children Jewish – with the same morals and values I was raised with. As long as whoever I marry is okay with that, I’m good.” Or do you think they would feel that your mate would have to be Jewish in order to help raise the children with the same morals and values you were raised with. Do you think people of different religions have the same morals and values? Do you think people of the same religion all have the same morals and values. If your spouse agrees to raise the kids with your morals and values does that necessarily make a strong marriage, or just good kids? Or, on the other hand, should the people who are married have to have the same morals and values in order to have a strong marriage, in addition to being able to pass those on to their children. Seems like your attempt to answer some questions really raised a number of questions, at least in my mind.

By: chris botti

chris botti — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:24:49 +0000

Very nice! BUT I had to remove you from twitter device updates. I like to know whats going on, but when my phone beeped at 5:26am this morning asking me to read about interfaith marriage, Im thinking that was a little heavy for morning reading lol <3 ya Lauren

By: I Make Thousands of Dollars a Month Posting Links on Google from Home

I Make Thousands of Dollars a Month Posting Links on Google from Home — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:34:53 +0000

Nice post, thanks.

By: Daniel Sroka

Daniel Sroka — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:20:22 +0000

“…it would make life much easier if I end up marrying someone Jewish.”

Not necessarily. I work with many couples who are both of the same religion who assume that they share the same traditions and belief, only to later discover that they have very different understandings and opinions about their faiths. But an interfaith couple cannot make any of these assumptions. They (hopefully) realize from the start that they have to talk about everything, to explain everything. They have to learn how to approach the very tricky subject of religious beliefs with sensitivity and compassion, and thereby often develop a more realistic understanding of how religion fits into their lives.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:27:33 +0000

Sometimes marriage even among Christians is interfaith marriage.

By: I Make Thousands of Dollars a Month Posting Links on Google from Home

I Make Thousands of Dollars a Month Posting Links on Google from Home — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:30:06 +0000

Hey, nice post, very well written. You should write more about this.

By: KirAsh4@Twitter

KirAsh4@Twitter — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:02:29 +0000

Thank you for the in-depth explanation and answers Lauren. You know my story and I wish it had a different outcome. At the very minimum, I wish they could’ve been as open about it as you are. Communication, or perhaps lack thereof, was certainly a factor. Another was acceptance. Not only accepting the other person, but also accepting one’s own choices and decision (and I’m not pointing fingers here, we all are guilty of this to some extend.) I can keep going on and on.