JD Vance recently told a packed college arena that he hopes his Hindu wife would someday convert to Christianity, thrusting into the spotlight the deeply sensitive challenges facing interfaith couples.
Experts who have counseled hundreds of couples who don’t share religious beliefs say the key is respect for each other’s faith traditions and having honest discussions about how to raise their children. Most agree that pressuring or even hoping the other would convert could prove damaging to a relationship, and all the more so for a couple in the public arena.
How can it be a healthy relationship when either or both sides thinks the other is probably condemned to some eternal punishment and yet is okay with them not believing. At least if one is atheist they can realize it’s just a belief and nothing more, but still… that person thinks you’re doomed and yet is fine with it, or conversely is trying to convert you all the time, which is its own issue.
Not all religions or sects think anyone who worships differently (or not at all) is doomed to damnation. Neither mine nor my spouse’s for instance. I’m pretty sure Republicans are going to hell, though. Handbasket of deplorables.
You think that these ghouls would have a healthy relationship if not for religious differences?
These two? I don’t know, but I can’t help think they are both using the other. I was just talking in general, as there are a lot of mixed faith relationships out there somehow.
If these two had an honest established relationship and he suddenly started talking to the public about how she should convert (and she obviously hasn’t), that’s definitely a betrayal of trust. But look who we’re talking about…