Religion and relationships

My wife is a Christian, raised a Baptist (Freewill at that). I am not a Christian, I am a Buddhist... an atheist really.
We are in our seventieth year together and have a three-year-old son.
It has not been a problem, at all. I don't see why it would, but she is a real Christian.

I don't see why the trip would cause a rift... please explain further.

[9th Engineer]

Seventieth or seventeenth? The mention of a three year-old son says that HAS to be a typo (I'll draw on the biological argument for this and put the jokes aside)

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

Seventieth or seventeenth? The mention of a three year-old son says that HAS to be a typo (I'll draw on the biological argument for this and put the jokes aside)

Seventeenth.
My son is three.

[shalini]

If you don't mind me asking .. how do you manage things between your wife and yourself in terms of religion and how the house is run? What religion will your son be picking and how, if you have talked about this with your wife.

The trip is a concern because then it because an exceptionally long distance relationship (he's going to the Middle East) .. and that usually brings out the worst in relationship .. as I have seen with my friends.

Originally Posted by shalini

If you don't mind me asking .. how do you manage things between your wife and yourself in terms of religion and how the house is run? What religion will your son be picking and how, if you have talked about this with your wife.

The trip is a concern because then it because an exceptionally long distance relationship (he's going to the Middle East) .. and that usually brings out the worst in relationship .. as I have seen with my friends.

Do you mind me asking what you wanted to know in more detail... you cannot offend me, seriously.
As for the house, we are partners, equals, but I am pretty passive when it comes to the religion thing because of how sure I am that he will make-up his own mind and her promise that we will openly discuss all faiths with him as he asks, even though she will tell him clearly of her beliefs and me of mine.

[BlacKat1980]

Being a Christian means you have a faith - being that you have Jesus in your heart and have accepted that He will look after you and that He is your Saviour. Having a "religion" means you follow someones "rules" in beliefs (organisation), not the bible for what it is. I don't want to bad-mouth religions as I'm a baby Christian at the moment but I know that there is a difference. the bible does say to marry another Christian

True Christians are not responsible for any acts of violence nor are they intolerant of others and they know not to judge others, but on the same hand, Christians are still human and are not free from "human thoughts and acts and are not in any way sin-free. Everyone will be judged on their own merit in from of God when their end is come.

Who's to say that the two of you wont stay together as a couple even if he does leave for a year or two? Or that you may (with some further knowledge or more of a nudge from God) decide to take on Christianity as your own faith in the future? You would not believe the number of Christians I know that started out as either not believing in God at all or following a religion such as catholicism. This situation could even be God's way of asking you to join him, through your boyfriend...after all, we all have to start and learn from somewhere.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by BlacKat1980

the bible does say to marry another Christian

I'd be curious to know where it says that. I imagine most religions like you to marry other from within the fold, but I never heard that it was in the bible.