I recognize a potential spouse's character is of utmost importance and do not seek to minimize this consideration, but where do you personally draw clear doctrinal lines as to what is acceptable or unacceptable to you personally before seeking or choosing a marriage partner? I could imagine a historic premillennialist and an amillennialist getting along quite well together, but other doctrinal matters are more serious. Personally, I cannot imagine becoming involved with a Calvinist female on any serious relational level. Our soteriological beliefs would be far too different and this would ultimately place a strain on the relationship (especially if children were to arise out of the arrangement). Also, I am at the stage now where my belief in the final annihilation of the lost is too important and well-grounded to simply surrender in the name of potential marital bliss in the future. I have enough foresight to see a doctrinal tug-of-war somewhere down the road if/when children are involved. I would not want the children to be caught in the middle. No good could arise out of it. Supposing, however, that we were not to have children, I would want to be of one basic mind with my partner/wife in her and my view of God and Jesus Christ. Arminianism, Calvinism, endless torment, and annihilation do not mesh well together. (Also, I would not wish to be involved with someone who is doctrinally indifferent. What on earth would a high Calvinist want to do with a staunch Remonstrant? She obviously wouldn't be taking her beliefs very seriously.)
I would like to invite your participation on this thread. How important are your religious doctrinal beliefs to you? For example, if you strongly believed in the doctrine of everlasting conscious torment, could/would you even consider marrying a fellow brother or sister in Christ if he or she was an annihilationist without seeking to "convert" him or her? What would you not be willing to compromise on?
(Note: Please abstain from personal attacks or jabs on this thread. Cheap-shots of any kind against anyone are not welcome. If you take issue with or wish to criticize any of the participants on this thread, do so in a private exchange. This thread is specifically addressed to trinitarian Christians. Do not argue for or against any particular doctrinal belief here, but simply state what you personally find acceptable or unacceptable in a potential marital partner's beliefs and expound your position.)
I would like to invite your participation on this thread. How important are your religious doctrinal beliefs to you? For example, if you strongly believed in the doctrine of everlasting conscious torment, could/would you even consider marrying a fellow brother or sister in Christ if he or she was an annihilationist without seeking to "convert" him or her? What would you not be willing to compromise on?
(Note: Please abstain from personal attacks or jabs on this thread. Cheap-shots of any kind against anyone are not welcome. If you take issue with or wish to criticize any of the participants on this thread, do so in a private exchange. This thread is specifically addressed to trinitarian Christians. Do not argue for or against any particular doctrinal belief here, but simply state what you personally find acceptable or unacceptable in a potential marital partner's beliefs and expound your position.)
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