Should Atheists be allowed to marry in Christian churches?

When my husband and I were planning our wedding we had a lot of trouble finding a church that would marry us with him being an atheist, I had totally given up and knew my parents would be infuriated if I were marrying an Atheist outside of a Christian church. We were at the last church in town, we told the minister John was Atheist and he immediately said no, "I cannot marry an Atheist in a Christian church! I could never do that" I think I was actually crying at that point because I knew my father, a very strict unemotional man, would never attend the wedding if it was not in a church.. My husband continued speaking with the priest finally he agreed on one condition... If we were to have children they were to be raised in that church as Christian's, this was not only completely ridiculous to my husband, it was out of the question, in the back of my mind I knew that if I had children with John they were to be Christian but John, however did not know that which made the deal with the minister easy for me. John continued to refuse... blah blah blah.. we got married and here we are baby in the oven... Getting to the point.


Should Atheists and Christians be allowed to marry in Christian churches?


Of course I think they should be allowed, I really don't see why some churches don't allow it. I guess they could feel threatened that the Atheists will convert the Christians but you don't really need to marry an Atheist for them to convert you. It could be a good thing, the Christian could convert the Atheist. I was using my BFF (Google) today and found this chart, I don't know why it made me giggle but it did :

	64 Christians who married a Christian	72 Christians who married non-Christians
Remained a faithful Christian	92% (59)	27% (22)
Left the Church	8% (5)	72% (57)
Divorced	3% (2)	32% (25)
Converted Their Mates	----	17% (14)

 And I'll share a few funny "facts" I also found on this, ridiculous website.

When two Christians marry, it is a guarantee their relationship will be more satisfying than if two unbelievers married one another. (Many non-Christian couples are more mature than Christian Couples. 2 Timothy 3:5)

The vices a person has before marriage will be removed once they are married. (The only way vices are removed is when we are converted and repent)


I think Christians should be able to marry Atheists, Jews , Buddhists and every other religion in Christian churches. What do you think?

• Should Christians marry outside of their religion?
• Should Christians be able to marry other religions in Christian churches?
• Do you think a two-part Christian marriage is more successful than a couple of two separate religions?  

Plans.

I've been asked a lot about how I plan on  raising this baby with my husband being Atheist and I being a strong Christian..
Religion is very important to my family so after a long long long discussion my husband and I decided that the baby will be raised as a Christian, my husband however will have no part in that part. I'm not sure how successful this will be but its worth it in my book. I'll take care of going to church, religious holidays, communions and so on. Many people have told me that I am crazy for marrying my husband and that its going to make my life very difficult but so far its been neither, I love my husband very much and I cannot wait to have this baby and raise it as a Christian.  


Also this makes me giggle everytime i hear it, my last name is not pronounced 'Pardiss' its 'Pardee'. Hehe!

What is Christianity?

Christianity is a monotheistic religion.

We(Christians),believe that Jesus is the son of God, God being the Saviour of humanity. Christianity can mean so many things, and there is so many parts to it. I've been speaking with a lot of people from different churches and different parts of the Christian religion and I have found that their beliefs all mean different things to them, of course not everybody has the same beliefs I've just been amazed that one religion can have so many different meanings and can be so many things to so many people and its caused me to think a lot about my personal beliefs. 

My Christianity.

Christianity to me is about 

• My fellowship with God
• How I pursue and grow relationships with myself and others.
• How I live my life for the best.

When Jesus was asked to summarize his religion he said that it was loving God and our neighbor. Christianity is really a way of life. Everyday I choose to live my life the way I do because of the things I have learned through lessons my parents have passed on through Christianity and lessons I have learned and am still learning firsthand from my religion. I am not completely obsessed with religion if I were I would not have married the man I did, but it is however a very big part of my life and that is why everyday I try to show my husband how great and in a way fulfilling that religion can be. I'm ending this post with a few questions.

What is religion to you?

How do your beliefs affect the way you live?

What is the most fulfilling part of your religion?