Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: oracle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Brian T. Coughlin) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Should Christians date Non-Christians Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 08:46:17 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 35 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Re: Gary Hipp In article , garyh@crash.cts.com (Gary Hipp) writes in response to [someone]: >>that if you believe God may call you to marry a non-christian then you >>should remain open to the possibility and follow the romantic leads you >>are offered. I expect most people would find life easier with a fellow >>Christian, of the same denomination even, but then God is not always >>about making our life easy. >God will never call you to marry a non-Christian unless you are one. Hi, Gary! I must take exception, here. My father is a devout Catholic, and my mother is Jewish (not an active one as such, but certainly not a Christian). The marriage is still strong, and I'm quite strong in my (Catholic) faith, to the point that I'm entering a Catholic seminary in the fall of '91. (I just got my acceptance letter! Yay!! :) ) My mother, in fact, was the person to TAKE me to CCD and mass every Sunday during certain months when my father couldn't. She was/is of the firm belief that if we were Catholic, then we should be serious about being Catholic. That attitude doesn't strike me as one that's particularly dangerous to Christianity. My father WAS "called" (as such) to marry my Jewish mother, and our whole family is better for it. I hope this helps! ---- Take care! Sincerely, Brian Coughlin oracle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu