Change of religion when married.. advice please!

Hi all, my husband has very recently and out of the blue turned to Christianity (we were atheist). I’ve been super supportive, we’re speaking a lot about it, I’m reading the bible to understand. To be clear I don’t have an issue with it at all (I went to a Christian school, just wouldn’t say I’ve found Jesus myself 🤷🏼‍♀️).
I just wondered if anyone has been in a similar situation? What if I can’t come to the same conclusion and we end up not being of the same religion?


Really hoping someone’s gone through similar and may give me an idea of how it turned out please 🙏

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I have no personal experience with this, but two people in a marriage can have different beliefs, as long as they are respectful of each other. It sounds like you've been supportive of him. Is he trying to convert you? Does he want you to also "find Jesus", and are you actually interested in trying? And if not, is he respectful of that? If neither of you are being intolerant of the other's beliefs, then it can work.

A couple of things though. When you say he "recently converted," is it actually Christianity or is it Christian nationalism? They are different things.

Two, one issue you might come across is... To put it bluntly, he believes he will go to heaven, and non-believers won't. He may consider it his personal responsibility to "save" you so you can go to heaven with him. Not all Christians are like this, but if it comes to that, you"ll just have to be firm that you do not and will not ever share his beliefs.

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I’m an atheist. My husband is Jewish. We’ve been married 25 years.

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First Praise God for saving your husband! I pray through it you see his light and love as well! My husband was atheist when we started dating. I found my salvation again when we started dating. My husband has since found Christ and we are both Christians now. It is definitely not an empty religion if he is genuine, you will see his fruits and it will make you want the same! Lord willing.

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I think this is a him issue. You didn’t change. He did. You should not be worried about not being in the same belief system as he is. If he is pressuring you, then you guys really need to evaluate some things.

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Personally, my husband would sometimes say he believes in some kind of higher power. More of a hope I think. Like 70% agnostic and 30% religious. But he is not super religious or goes to church or anything. And thinks mainstream religion is bad.

I am an atheist. If my husband suddenly wanted me to read the Bible for him or consistently go to church or became even moderately religious, he would not be the mad I agreed to marry. There are very very few things that would be a deal breaker for me, but this would be one of them.

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Tbh him trying to convert you is inevitable.
Most new Christian’s are like that, it’s kind of like when people first join pyramid schemes and they think everyone neeeeds their product. Then after a year or so, the excitement fizzles.

Be supportive, if you’re adamant you don’t want to be a Christian then you can even zone out at some points. But don’t criticise and don’t huff when it’s a bit much because it’ll keep him in that phase for a long time 😂

Maybe compare biblical info to things from other religions and cultures to make the convo more interesting. I do that a lot anyway and I’m Christian.

Ps: Everyone’s journey is different and if you’re to find Christ eventually then Christ himself will workout a way that works for you to come to him. So don’t feel pressured and enjoy the journey with your husband and God bless you both xo

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My Husband & I are different religions. I’ve never found myself compatible with men from the same religion so I don’t think I’d be able to be married with some1 who shared the same religion as me. Idk how I would feel if my Husband all of a sudden wanted to change his religion to mine so ur situation is a bit different because ur partner is deciding to change religions WHILE being married. I’m sure it will work out especially since ur familiar with the Christian religion urself even tho u said didn’t find Jesus, and since u don’t have an issue, I’m sure all will work out for u two because there are so many couples out there that don’t share the same faith 🫶🏾😇

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