Do you wish your SO was more religious, or less religious, or is it just right??? :pray


sorry if this has been done recently, i have the short term memory loss :confuzzle

i'll start... actually sometimes i kinda wish he was more religious.. but not by too much, i just wish he believed just a tad more.. but the main thing i've always believed is that an open mind is more important than what you actually believe, and we share that opinion

I think he's just right. He is not religious and I'm not in a set religion either. I believe in different things and him not being religious I can talk to him about what I believe and he listens. :)

He's just right. When I met him, we met at a Christian event, and he was going to a Christian college. He and I are extremely religious, and he was one of the main influences at that time in my life to get myself back on track with my faith :) I'm so glad he's the way he is!

Mike is religious, and I am too. I'd say we're about equal in terms of how dedicated we are to our faith at this point in our lives. But there was a time he fell out of it for awhile, which is fine, faith is about growth-and sometimes you need to get off the path to know where you belong.

Right now he isnt very religious at all...Im not super religious myself but i do have my beliefs.
Well, i love him the way he is.But if i could...Id maybe make him a wee bit more.

he is just right...we are both christians. When most people get to know me, they are like, "really? you don't seem like a Bible thumper"....I hate that term...just be/c I don't wear high collars and scold everyone that they are going to hell doesn't mean i am not a chrisian.

I may be the only one to say this: I wish he were less religious. I'm not religious, I was never baptized... I just wasn't raised in any church environment. This isn't to say I don't have spiritual beliefs, but I'm not "religious." He's not really religious either, but his faith is important to him, and it's causing me maximum stress, because I'm NOT Catholic and it's making things really, really difficult in terms of just actually getting married. We've worked things out about kids and stuff, but the technical things are still getting in the way.

My husband's religion/faith is part of what makes him who he is. It's helped him get through some hard issues in his life. Even though he and I do not have the same beliefs, and never will, I would not want to change that part of him in any way. If being a Christian gives him strength, and he says that it does, then I don't view that as a bad thing. It's just simply not my choice and we've found ways to not let our choices get in the way.

I'm not religious, so I don't wish he was MORE religious. He is already very spiritual, and I respect that so much about him. I think I would question his character if he became less religious or spiritual just because I was, KWIM? I am glad that he is the way he is, because he is authentic.

Sometimes I wish Dh had more faith in the Lord. He is almost angry, but I can understand that since I've been there before as well. He's open minded and will go to church with me. I won't force him into anything though. Continuous prayer and love from me that shows the love of the Lord is the greatest spiritual gift I could ever give him!!!

He's not religious...but he's supportive of me and Morissa. He hasn't closed the door on religion, just doesn't feel the need to go to church and all that. Maybe one day....I won't push him though. I believe that religion is a personal thing, and you have to Want to be involved, not be made to be involved.

He's not religious...but he's supportive of me and Morissa. He hasn't closed the door on religion, just doesn't feel the need to go to church and all that. Maybe one day....I won't push him though. I believe that religion is a personal thing, and you have to Want to be involved, not be made to be involved.

:thumbsup Awesome insight Ellen.

Acually I got the best email from DH the other day saying that when he gets back he wants us to get back into church together. He told me to go out and buy a set of Bibles for us to have a fresh start with. I can't wait, it made me cry because that is what I have wanted for so long. I have been praying for it to happen and it finally did. I can't wait!!!!
:woohoo :woohoo

I would not change him to be more or less religious... I am a Christian and my faith is very important to me, and the same goes for him although not to the same level I guess you could say. In one of his letters though he wrote that he can't wait to go to church with me every Sunday and hold my hand... I can't wait for that !

I wish my DH was more religious... religion is extremely important to me and I would love for DH to become Catholic. But, he is against it b/c the catholic religion tore his family apart (long story). It makes me sad that he doesn't want to go to church with me on Sundays :(

Wish more in a sense. Scott is very up on all religions.. but the beliefs and morals and just life style...
but then again I am not a church person.. I wish I was but I have had horrible experiances so I guess there is nothing wrong with faith at the house...lol

He is JUST right :)

When DF was at BCT, he was full out religious. It was a complete surprise, because although we went to church together, it wasn't part of his everyday demeanor...and then all of a sudden, the few phone calls and letters I would get would be full of scriptures. At family day for graduation, he blessed the meals.....he was leading a Bible study at BCT....I was so shocked...and really happy. But it was truly pretty easy to understand...God was pretty much all he had, with not being able to talk to me or his family or friends....he truly relied on God. With AIT has come a lot more freedom, and sad to say, he's abandoned a lot of the stuff he was doing....it kind of upsets me, because he was up and ready to become a chaplain, and now it's back to where he was before the Army. I don't want him so religious that he's not human acting anymore....but I would like it if he would get back into it more.

He's just right. When I met him, we met at a Christian event, and he was going to a Christian college. He and I are extremely religious, and he was one of the main influences at that time in my life to get myself back on track with my faith :) I'm so glad he's the way he is!

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My husband is a good religious leader to me, he graduated froma Christian school, and he's leaps and bounds ahead of me in his spiritual knowledge... He's very motivating for us all to be involved together. I love talking with him about the Sunday sermons, I really missed that while he was gone.. It's so wonderful to be able to sit next to him in church again too...

DB is just right. He is religious and I love that about him.

dh is very spiritual. sometimes he focuses on chirstianity, sometimes it's a more general spirituality. he still claims catholicism, though i know he doesn't follow all the rules (neither do i). i think we're a perfect spiritual match :D

He's not religious. I'm absolutely perfect with that. I wish the mere thought of religion didn't freak him out so much though.

he's just right. I'm not religious at all and neither is he. The one thing we both agree on is that we do NOT want to be Catholic...we were both raised catholic and will never go back lol Not sure what we'll do about technical stuff like getting married..because I dont' want to do a justic of the peace but i don't want to get married in a church either...hmmm

I wish mine was a little more, to make my 'rents happy...lol.

DB is open to it, which thrills me. I just became substantially more religious and honestly I am the happiest I've been in a long time and he notices it. I would like it if he was more involved so we could discussions and conversations but I'm sure now that I am, he'll start going to church with me more etc..etc..

Honestly, I wish he wasn't quite so Catholic. I'm a fairly "fundamentalist" Christian, and I can see it causing problems in the future.

Neither of us are religious. I think we make a good combo :shake

He's just right! He was brought up a Christian and so was I. He helps me out a lot when I have questions. We were searching for a church before he got deployed. We want to find a church we both like. The churches that we were both raised in are very different. I don't like what they believe and I was raised EUCC and I don't understand it and nor do I agree with all of it. I hope we find a church when he comes home though.

I wish mine would go to church. At least to learn. He really does not know anything about the Bible at all. I would be happier if I felt his decision not to believe was an informed decision.

DB and I both graduated from a christian college and he is very religious and I think it is one of the things that makes me attracted to him. It is what makes up his character and attitude and I think just makes him the man that he is.

i don't like the word "religous". My husband has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and so do I. Jesus is constantly at the center of our marriage and because of that we are continuing to grow in our love for eachother and for the Lord. He is not shy about his faith..all the guys at work know about it and get really irritated at him for sharing his faith. He is so bold and I admire that about him. Did you know scientific studies have been done and sex in a marriage devoted to God is the best sex. ;)

Hm..this is a tough question. I don't wish he was more or less religious, I respect his beliefs and I think it is great that he is into it. He would go to church on a regular basis if he had a way to get there and I think it plays a pretty important role in his life. We don't really talk about it too much because I was brought up in a multi faith family and we never really went to regular religious services, so I'm a lot looser with my idea of faith and what it requires.

The only problem it causes is that he wants a Catholic wedding (and his mom REALLY wants one) and I'm not exactly ready for that kind of service. He might wish I was more religious sometimes but he is generally really understanding about everything and we compromise a lot.