http://www.englishforums.com/English/ControversialTopics/Forum28.htm<font color=red>This entire section is moderated</font><br> Dedicated to continual re-education and our search for a broader understanding of life. Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#789236Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:40:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:789236Soka0http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#789236http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-789236.xmlWell, if you are marrying &quot;truely for yourself&quot; then I guess religion should be the last point one should consider while selecting a wife or husband .But if you are marrying &quot;for the satisfaction of society &quot; then you must consider religion.But remember , anything that you do which doesn&#39;t truely make your soul happy , is a waste . You must always keep in mind that this life is your&#39;s , not anyone else&#39;s .http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#622923Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:622923Lionel In Paris1http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#622923http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-622923.xmlIs religion important when selecting a wife or husband? No. However love is very important. Find true love and all other considerations become secondary. Lionelhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#303711Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:303711Rebekah Lee2http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#303711http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-303711.xmlHi, Onesimus, and every one here, I am so glad to meet you here, and I am also a Christian who accepted Jesus as my Savior and Lord six years ago, and I've experienced Him so ture and am experiencing Him every single day even if sometimes He does not appear so clearly, He is always guiding me and pouring His abundant love and blessings on me. I can't bear not to praise Him. He is the joy and satisfaction to us Christians and should be to all. Nowadays, I am waiting, praying, and expecting Him to provide me a husband as He usually does providing me Shepherds,a family group,school works, jobs, houses, etc. He certainly does, to show His glory in my life by using me as a maid of the gospel, and to use my future family as well (and...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#98794Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:98794Orcun3http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#98794http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-98794.xmlIn my aspect in a marriage,more than the religions of couples,it's much important whether respect is shown to their religions or not.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#94727Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:94727Robyn Terri4http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#94727http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-94727.xmlIt seems then that most of us would agree that religion is important when selecting a wife or husband if religion is important to you? If religion is not important to you in your life then it probably won't be in your marriage either.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#94683Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:94683Guest5http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#94683http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-94683.xmlselecting a husbandhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#68133Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:68133canijoin6http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#68133http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-68133.xmlreligion is important in a person but whatever religion you have we should respect it after all, we believe in one god. in selecting wife or husband, religion is not a hindrance to the relationship, in spite of the differences of what they belives love will unite the two. i believe that love is for everybody no matter what he/ she is, god has a way to make them together.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#64013Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:64013moltobella7http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/4/ggnz/Post.htm#64013http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-64013.xmlHi Tracy, I don't think that it is important because if you are religious you should respect other religions and at the end of the day it is being a good person and loving God that is important. We all come from the same place after all, no matter what religion you "belong to", you are worshipping the same God, true or not?http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#63895Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:63895sa7rawi8http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#63895http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-63895.xmlIn brief, as a short anwer for your question it is very important for the continuousness of the marriage. sa7rawihttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#62737Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:62737Molly9http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#62737http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-62737.xmlIt shouldn't be important because love is the main thing in marriage. But .... Life does learn us that when you have to deal with two different kind of religious's there will be trouble. That also could be the case when one does belief and the otherone doesn't. So you have to speak it out. Make agreements on that subject.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#62174Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:62174Guest10http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#62174http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-62174.xmlErm, quite the contrary Guest, it's easier to believe that there is an afterlife and a God to spend eternity with in bliss and love and comfort....it's much more comforting to believe that. Just like in the poem "Fishes' Heaven" (in the poetry section). The fish are representing humans, and the poet uses the simple goldfish to point out that in our huge universe we could be just as insignificant as the fish.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#60758Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:60758Guest11http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#60758http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-60758.xmlquotes: "it all just seems like superstition to me." I would just like to say "so what?" Even if it is all superstition, though I'm a firm believer otherwise, what have we Christians got to lose? Nothing. We live happy, productive lives living for Christ and when we die, well then we die like the rest of the non-believers. However, what have we got to gain? EVERYTHING! We die and spend eternal life with Christ in bliss and love and comfort. So what's the harm? What's the point in not believing? Maybe because it's easier? Who knows...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#44486Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:44486Onesimus12http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#44486http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-44486.xmlChildren will do better when their parents are in agreement on matters of 'religion.' Children should be thought of first. Agape love.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#44345Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:44345Ryuyuki13http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#44345http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-44345.xmlwell in that point, may be you both will get along together as long you both can accept and understand each other like that. don't be selfish to each other in the way your thinking. cause really religion nor believing in something is in your characteristic-mind thinking as well. so if you both accept it, it's fine. hope it's last for ever. and about having children, if you can manage as far as now in your married relation. i think you can manage in raising chidren as well. (if you still doing the same thing in raising children as well in your married) well....... in that case the main point in relation always get back to love-accept-understanding-believe-respect to each other.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#44320Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:44320Guest14http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#44320http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-44320.xmlHi me again! Perhaps the point is that if you are very religious then it is very important that you share similar beliefs. Whereas if you are not particularly religious, or have no faith, then it is less important to you. So where does that leave me (atheist) and boyfriend (evangelical)? I don't know, it works for now. It probably does help that we will definately not be having children together, although my best friend is the child of a Catholic/athiest couple who have been happily married for nearly 30years, so children are not always a problem. We manage to bicker quite happily over the whole subject, without really arguing. I know some of my views offend him, and I do have to apologise now and then for hurting his feelings,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#44181Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:44181Ryuyuki15http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#44181http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-44181.xmlmay be i'm not too religious, nor thinking that other religions were bad or something like that. cause to me basicly all religions are having a same point and believe in same thing (hmmmm.....something like that.) but in married, i think we should have same religion with our match. cause married not just join two hearts, it's about everything including our family too. and religion is one of a basic point in thinking of our mind and heart in life. it's defferent than custom, characteristic, etnic, and .........etc. like onesimus said : "The raising of children is the most important responsibility for parents." soo having defferent religion may cost our child confuse in their believe in life (my friend do) but don't take it too far...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#43539Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43539Onesimus16http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/3/ggnz/Post.htm#43539http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43539.xmlThank you. I think you are right about tolerance and having children. There are exceptions. But you may or may not become an exception from the norm. Evangelicals who are serious about their faith know that the scriptures discourage marrying someone who is not a believer. But if you should decide to have kids, as a mom, though the father is to be the spiritual leader of your home in Christian homes, you, as the mother will still have great influence on the spiritual development of the children. Your worldview will imprint, in some part on them. It is important for you and your husband to agree on issues of faith for the childrens' sake. So that they can determine early in life to put their trust in Jesus. Speaking as an evangelical...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43471Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43471Guest17http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43471http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43471.xmlHi its me the guest with the evangelical boyfriend again! Thanks Onesimus, you have been very clear in your explanations of your beliefs and I found it interesting. To return to the original question, does it matter in marriage? I think this depends on the two individuals and the strength of their beliefs and tolerance for each others beliefs. Your point about children is a good one, however I do know couples with opposing faiths who manage to raise theirs without too many disagreements. also, not all couples wish to have children.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43419Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43419Onesimus18http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43419http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43419.xmlDon't have all the answers here but to me, self worship is putting personal pleasure selfishly above what is better for one's marriage, family and the common public good. For example, prostitution is not a victimless crime as some might argue. Prostitution hurts marriages, children and the person who engages in it (see O.T. Psalms). Not that God doesn't want us to have good lives. Yet if no 'fruit is borne' in an evangelical Christian's life, one could suspect they are not having their lives controlled by the Holy Spirit. One way to tell, I think, is to examine how a person spends their money. Is it primarily to satisfy their own desires? If so, they may be caught up in self gratification, making themselves 'a god' and engaging their...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43418Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43418Onesimus19http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43418http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43418.xmlThank you for your repy. According to the gospel (good news) of the Bible, salvation from sin's penalty is the work of the Holy Spirit. With me being brought up in a nominal Christian home, I'd been taught from the gospels at an early age but rebelled when I went off to college. The underlying problem is sin. our inherent sin nature. God is holy and we are not. He will not populate heaven with unrepentant sinners. I still sin in both thought and deed but it is no longer my lifestyle. The Holy Spirit is more in control of my thoughts and moment-by-moment living. The issue according to the Bible (New Testament), is who do you trust? Hopefully not religion which centers on trying to do better in one's own strength to somehow please God....http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43388Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43388David20http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43388http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43388.xmlHi guest. Real Christians would never keep away from unbelievers. Bigots might. People who choose to misinterpret their faith cause wars.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43384Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43384Athelas D'orion21http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43384http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43384.xmlFor me, i don't put much importance in religion when selecting my spouse. In my opinion, the most important thing when selecting a spouse is whether both can express their self freely and comfortably when together without afraid of being judged by each other. One's character is more important than one's religion. I've seen some cases where religion has became a hindrance rather than a good factor in selecting spouse. Some people would rather give up some one whom they find so compatible with in many aspects just because that someone is not in the same religion. Sad fact but it happens. Anyway Onesimus, could you define what is self worship, it sounds very selfish. If one is following his heart and the principles to do good thing...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43377Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43377Guest22http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43377http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43377.xmlYes, I'm know he has hope that I will come to believe in God and so on, but like I said, I think it is unlikely and I have been careful to spell that out to him right from the beginning. I was raised in a non-religious family, I have never been to church apart from attending the occassional wedding, it all just seems like superstition to me. I have raised my son the same way. However, I was raised with what you might call 'Christian values' in that I try to live a good life and help other people, work hard to support myself and raise money for charity, and to respect other people. So our differences are just one of ideology rather than how we live our day to day lives. Also, he thinks for himself rather than just blindly following the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43329Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43329Onesimus23http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43329http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43329.xmlI'm surprised an evangelical Christian would be seriously going with a non-believer. Don't know about your boyfriend, but many Christians are so in name only. The flesh is weak. Self-identified evangelicals should have a testimony of how they were before being saved from sin's penalty, how they were spiritually regenerated, and how their life is different after receiving Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord. Biblical Christianity is not really a religion but a relationship as said before. A love relationship, daily with Jesus Christ. Your boyfriend may be thinking he can gently lead you to want Jesus. All of us were skeptics at one time. It is the most important decision you can make. Everyone has put their faith in something. Just...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43239Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43239Guest24http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43239http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43239.xmlThis is an interesting forum. I have no religious beliefs at all, do not believe in God, Jesus or any form of after-life. My boyfriend of 2 years is an evangelical Christian. This has certainly made our relationship interesting and has caused a few disagreements but it has not mattered to us overall and our relationship is still developing and getting serious. We always have something to talk about and we have learned that religion is an interesting thing for us to discuss provided we respect each others views. When we discuss something on 'religion' we are not trying to change each others minds, we are just trying to understand the others viewpoint better. Knowing him has certainly made me review some of my opinions on...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43057Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43057Onesimus25http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/2/ggnz/Post.htm#43057http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43057.xmlHi Tracy, Having been married for 39 years, I think 'religion' is very important in selecting a spouse. The second-most important decision a person makes. As an evangelical Christian I know the decision about Jesus Christ is the most important decision, having received Jesus into my life for sure at age 51. My suggestion is for people to read the book of John in the new testament in a modern English translation or a Gideon Bible translation of your own language. Biblical Christians are admonished not to be yoked together with unbelievers. (2 Cor 6:14) My wife so far is an unbeliever in Jesus Christ. It is not easy in our marriage as it could be because we have different worldviews. She does 'religion.' With me it is a personal, daily...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#37668Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:37668prabeersikdar26http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#37668http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-37668.xmlHi! I m a bachelor so i may not be able to jusify. Anyhow i personally feel that the quality of the person is more important than his religious background. My favourite flower is lotus though it takes its birth in muddy waters. God created man. Man erected barriers between man and man in the form of religion. R u convinced?http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#33136Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:33136Muslimah27http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#33136http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-33136.xmlQuote: " Is religion important when selecting wife or husband?" Yes, and No!! Yes if the two religions is quite different, because marriage mean stability and I'll not get married to comfortless my self and my shill-husband. And no if the two aren't religious and don’t care with this side, and they can deal with nearly view of life. The most important thing in marriage – I think – is peace, to understand each other, to help each other to win and pass this life safely.. Welcome with Chinese, nice to meat u here : ) "I like travelling. It can enlarge our views" Tracy said, I am agree with u completely, but I have seen one country's custom except mine. but it helps u a lot to enlarge ur mind, opinion and to have...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#32808Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:32808Aileen28http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#32808http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-32808.xmlAbout religion? Maybe this is how most people feel too. My own feelings are a little different. Hi Tracy, sorry about missing this post from you. I turned something off on my profile and I missed the special alert. I do hope you understand that I’m not being rude to you. I hope you accept my apology. I’m Chinese, born & raised in the US. I attended school & college close to home. I finished last year and got a job. I asked if I could take time-off to travel because I felt burnt-out by heavy workload (study then work) but the boss just laughed – “no way young lady!” But it worked out in the end. I got a secondment to Sydney, Australia. I live with my aunt in Sydney close to the business district. We can chat some more maybe?http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#32799Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:32799Mykel29http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#32799http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-32799.xmlI don't think religion is important at all. This may be because I am not very religious. But my personal beliefs are for anyone to believe in what they want to believe in. I do not claim for anyone to be wrong, nor do I claim for them to be right, it is just their personal feelings.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#31921Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:31921Tracy30http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#31921http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-31921.xmlI agree with you! I like travelling. It can enlarge our veiws. I am Chinese, and studying at a university which is not too far from my home. Living in another city makes me meet different kinds people come from every part of my country. From them , i get to know about many different customs, ways of thinking and so on. Now i am planning to have a trip in this summer vocation. But, i must finish my heavy study and examx first. What about you?http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#31712Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:31712Aileen31http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#31712http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-31712.xmlThank you darlin', you too. And, may I add something else? There's an old saying in English that 'travel broadens the mind'. I just added that because I think it's important. I'm here in Australia but I didn't grow up here.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#31647Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:31647Tracy32http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#31647http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-31647.xmlNice to meet you here, too. Though i am not very religious, i still want to fine my Mr.right who can "discuss everything with some level of detachment and common sense" as you mentioned. Wish you a good life.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#31564Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:31564Aileen33http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htm#31564http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-31564.xmlHi Tracy!! This is nearly my first post, so nice to meet you here and everyone! Sometimes I think about this question, whether religion is important with regard to family life. I want to get married but I’m so worried about whether it’s going to last and I do want my marriage to last. For me, religion is an important issue. It’s not because I’m very religious, it’s more because I know how difficult it can be when two people don’t agree and neither person wants to compromise. The root of the problem lies in the things that people believe without ever being able to think about them logically. I guess that faith is the word I want to find. Faith is complete trust or confidence in something. The funny thing is that people don’t really...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htmSat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:31438Tracy34http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsReligionImportantSelectingWife-Husband/ggnz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-31438.xmlIs religion important when selecting wife or husband?