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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Aug 5, 2018 8:29:35 GMT
I read that supermodel Karli Kloss is to marry Jared Kushners brother, but needs to convert to Judaism first.
I have heard of other conversions of convenience between religions and between sects.
Why? When I believed in the sky pilot I thought it was meant to be a deeply held belief system, not like going to Woolworths rather than Aldi because it has easier parking. Some of their beliefs are grossly bizarre, for example Jewish kosher is even more stupid than Islamic halal.
Are religious people just like the rest of us but hypocrites too? That they don't really believe all that tripe but it is convenient to belong to a particular club?
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 5, 2018 9:41:08 GMT
The problems associated with conversion of a person who is about to marry a person of another faith mainly happens in Muslim and Jewish communities. As far as I know Muslim women aren't allowed to marry people of other faiths however there are some Muslim women who don't observe that rule and do end up marrying a person of another faith without asking the partner to change his religion to Islam. Muslim men are allowed to marry women of Jewish and Christian religions without compulsorily converting them. However Muslim men are required by religion to convert women of non-Abrahmaic religions to Islam. In practise also it happens very frequently that Muslim men convert their wives to Islam. Wasim Akram married an Aussie woman and Imran Khan marred a Jewish woman and both people's wives are Muslims now.
Other religions may sometimes make noise over marriage of its members with non-adherents but usually it is not that big issue as in Islam.
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Post by Arlon10 on Aug 5, 2018 10:57:52 GMT
Some people believe that the commandment to "honor thy father and mother" means to follow your parents' religion insofar as it does not offend Judaism. That is to say, the child of Muslim parents should follow his parents interpretation of Islam insofar as it does not require offending the other commandments in Judaism against stealing or adultery for example. It can also mean that if people differ with your parents on what Judaism means you should follow your parents' interpretation Judaism.
The "rules" for interfaith marriage are merely to help establish peace in households. Most religions agree on the weightier rules like not stealing, not committing adultery, some sort of recognition of or devotion to a higher power and so on. The exact meaning of such things can divide people within one religion as much as people of different religions.
It might not be spelled out in any "rules" exactly, but if people have sharp disagreements over what their various religions mean, they should resolve those differences before getting married. If the differences cannot be resolved the couple is obviously not suited to marry.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Aug 5, 2018 13:50:21 GMT
There's no reason to think the conversion isn't sincere.
Maybe she didn't like being the religion she was.
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