Would You End A Beautiful Relationship Over Religious Differences?

Its simply myopia (short-sightedness) and utter ignorance that makes people think difference in religion cannot lead to beautiful and lasting marital union, if both parties understand that religion is about you having a relationship with your creator.

The problem here is not the religion, but Nigerians that have to take things to the extreme, The oyinbos that brought xtianity to Africa hardly goes to church, it is for a fact that churches in London that gets attended are mostly by 98% foreigners. As a matter of fact Sundays are days of beer drinking for the Oyinbos.

Most Nigerian pastors and Imams feed congregations with so many bolllocks in order to get a firm hold on them and be able to commercialise religion as it is presently witnessed in Nigeria. It still baffles me that the pastor must approve your fiance or else there will be no marriage in most Naija pentecostal churches, how rubbish, when its not the pastor that will live your life.


Its not just about Christian marrying a moslem or the other way round only, many xtians would not even allow their kids or church member even marry into another xtian congregation eg a "Redeemer" would not marry a "Cele". In the Igbo part of Naija Anglicans and Catholics don't inter-marry though they are both xtians, as a matter of fact a former female colleague of mine had her father killed in 2002 by fellow kinsmen because he allowed his daughter to marry an Anglican while they are Catholics, what nonsense

I'm so sick of people stupidly mis-interpreting the verse of the bible that says "do not be equally yoked with an unbeliever" as "do not marry someone from other faith", An unbiliever is someone that does not believe and worship the Almighty- creator of heaven and earth and all that lies within. The fact that someone is a moslem or Jew or Catholic or Anglican does make them unbelivers, fools!!

Many moslem preachers also stupidly preach non marrying of moslems to other faiths  because of selfishness and ignorance, The Holy Great Book  chapter 2:6 says "Surely those who believe (moslems), and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in God and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve"

The truth is that all these religious stratifications are perculiar to Nigerians mostly. And we Nigerians don't just stop to wonder why all the pastors are so rich in a country that is ridden with poverty

And being in same religion or congregation does not in any way guarantee marital success, a trip to the divorce courts would reveal to you the reasons most couples separate, you would hardly find 1 out of 100,000 being because of difference in religion

Inspiring couples like Bola & Remi Tinubu, Simeon Oduoye etc have shown us that differences in religion doesnt stop marital bliss.

I'm a practicing a moslem married to xtian (assistant pastor) and I happily take her and the kid church programs.

Also I'm a a molsem but the verse of my life is taken from the Holy Bible, Proverbs 22:29

First you weed off the moslems,
Then you start striking out people who are Christians but are Catholics because they say "Hail Mary" and use Rosary
So the Catholics are taken care of, you move on to the Celes because they wear white and they mu emi.
Catholics - down, Cele - Out.  Deeper Lifewhat are you still doing here? Hit the road baby.
Jehovah's Witnessdo I need to tell you to follow your Deeper Life friend out that door?
Methodist and Angelicando you really think I want to sing hymns for the rest of my life? Get to stepping my friends.
Moutain of Fire?!!! Are you kidding meFire like Hell Fire? God forbid bad thing. Get out jo. *Hiss*
RCCG and Winner's Chapelok, I guess that will do.
RCCGWhich church do you attend. . . Jesus House, Victory House or All Nations? Strong Tower ke? Which one is thatplease I've never heard of that one oh. Abeg, carry your bible and God Bless you as you leave.
Winner's  Chapel - Which section of the Auditorium do you sit? The left side on the far east side. . . where the JJCs sit? If you don't get out of my sight, right now ehn, you will rue the day you were born.

Whew! I tire oh!

It won't be true love if we don't suffer first, will it?