Pentecostal/Catholic Marriages: Why the Disagreement?

marriages between atheists and christians

i really do not see how that would work.  But if it does, then definitely there is a God

Our marriage is the proof it does.

And that's the most weird logic I've ever seen. Care to explain?

 

Hey Nferyn, There's no pattern to a successful marriage okay. If yours has worked  well, .... kool.
Am not gonna keep arguing with you over what we both know okay. So give it a rest,

I think one of the issues between Pentecostal and Catholic Marriages is their way of serving the Lord which is totally different.  

I respect Catholic worshippers because most of them are devoted but I disagree on so many issues with them and one of it is that of bowing down for Holy Mary.  To Pentecostal, you are worshiping a statute and it is a sin from our own point of view.

I think it is very, very important for couples to understand what they both believe before going into it. Ordinarily, the issue of religion can break a home and that is why we need to settle this before going into marriage.

@ Seun: Can you invite a Pastor to tell us all about Catholic and Pentecostal Worshippers?

@ lioness
If you feel that a successfull marriage between a Christian and and atheist does not support the thesis that marriages between catholics and Pentecostals can be successful, please say so.

It would hurt me that people that really love each other would be turned away from each other, just because of some doctrinal differences between their two Christian faiths. The joke I posted before is till very much on topic:


          A man is walking across a bridge, when he sees another guy about to jump off.
          "Hey, man" he says, "you don't have to do that."
          "Why not?" the other guy says, "I've got nothing to live for. I lost my job, I'm bankrupt,
          my wife left me and took the kids, my car threw a rod, and my dog just died. My life totally sucks."
          "But God still loves you," the man says, "you believe in God, don't you?"
          "Well, I guess so," the guy says.
          "Tell me, are you a Christian?"
          "Yes" the guy answers.
          "Well, so am I!" the man says. "Catholic or Protestant?"
          "I'm Protestant"
          "Well, so am I!" "Methodist, or Baptist, or Presbyterian?"
          "I'm Baptist."
          Well, so am I!" "Northern or Southern Baptist?"
          "Northern Baptist."
          "Well so am I!" "Northern fundamentalist, liberal, or reformed?"
          "Northern fundamentalist."
          "Well, so am I!" "Northern fundamentalist eastern region, or Great Lakes region?"
          "Northern fundamentalist, eastern region."
          "Well, so am I!" "Northern fundamentalist, eastern region conference of 1898, or conference of           
          1912?"
          "Northern fundamentalist, eastern region, conference of 1912."
          "Die, heretic!" the man says, and pushes him off the bridge.

Turning it into me having issues with my marriage is dishonest. I only used it as an example to explain that the issue at hand, shouldn't prevent two people that love each other dearly from marrying. That's my point

This topic has been locked for drifting off topic.

Nferyn is always ready for an e-argument! Makes for interesting reading, anyway! 

That's a terrible thing to say! What pastor is that? i would like to know!

Lioness, you are too funny!

That is christians for  you, at display, yet they claim to be, what is it again

It has been proven by past historical events, that only a "few" amount of people are normally in the right "cause". The question is what congregation would that be?

So called Christains? A lot of people read their books, because it is always the word. It gets the largest crowd.Think again.
Muslims? Difficulty and mis-intepretation drives people away. People don't read about what their books preach, they just assume and conclude.
Budhists? People don't read about their books, so they are always taught to be idolators, which actually they arent.
Hindus? Just like Budhism, people don't read about them, they just conclude.
and so and so.

And religion itself is questionable, since it is a human created term to qualify a certain collection or should i say congregation with one belief. But is religion turning to cultism?

Some practices in some religions points towards that direction.


Lioness and Fabian are you "true" christians?  or Allow me to re-phrase  it, Do you think you are "true" christians?

When a person is myopic, irrational, are not educated, how then would he/she think he is elightened? We are not taught one  subject in school for example, have you given it a taught as to why it is so?

Why is christianity , islam or even other religions better than each other? I am still yet to get an intellectual answer, because there is always this irrational approach presented by the believers in disscussing religious related subjects.
I think it is like tribalism, or racism or even worse than that.

Religion seperates people, believe it or not. It brings disorder in the world we live in today, just as tribalism and racism does.

am a true christain, believe it or not. And i don't see any much difference in christainity [irrespective of the denomination] Are u a christain???

y_mi? am about to face the same problem. I think its because of the poverty in the land that a lot of pastors preach so much prosperity gospel in pentecostal churches. I have reason to believe that the girls in my church are after any guy that earns at least a 100k a month even when their parents combined monthly pay can't be much more than that if it gets there at all.

But the truth must be told; its either your going to forsake your beliefs and join him or he comes and join you which I doubt.  The divide between catholism and pentecostalism in Nigeria goes deep. A lot will be involved. Personally I have told myself, if the girls parents consent and she does not mind then its ok but even if she consents and the parents are not happy then i'll forget it.

Its very delicate and dicey.

what is settling down? do u know me? am just giving some probable scenarios that could occur at the earliest next year if not some time in the future.

God, Kin, church members, pastor were always more important than spouse for her. So I had to leave. Will not be with a pentecostal or evangelical again.