Faith and Love....which is greater?

[ayanepuck]

I was watching one of my favorite shows, Sex and the City, the other day. (Not a word from ANY of you....this show rocks.)

In this show, there is a character named Charlotte, and she meets and falls in love with a man named Harry, who is jewish and won't marry anyone who isn't. (Like most Jews) After much careful thought on her part, she decides to convert to Judaism, leaving her old faith behind. Now at first, I thought this to be sweet and a wonderful thing to do for someone you love, until this one episode where she and Harry got into a fight, and she said "I gave up Christ for you, and you can't give up a yankees game?"

This is when it hit me: Giving up Christ. If this were me, there is no WAY I could give up Christ for any living person, no matter how much I love them. I will love God more. At the same time, however, some people would argue that God wants His people to be happy, and in order to be happy, Charlotte had to convert, but I still say that my faith would come before any person on this earth.

Agree? Disagree? I am interested in feedback. =)

[CypherToorima]

omg ur a pr0n freek.


Yeah, I agree with you. well...I dunno. Dang...this is a really hard question if you think about it. Of course, every christian will be like 'omg liek pic jesus ovr luv' but people do crazy things for love (or so I've heard).


Meh, I can't really give a good answer because I've never been in love, but I'm going to agree with you. I wouldn't give up God to be with someone.

[Nonexistent_One]

When I was catholic, about a year or two ago, I would have seriously picked God over the person in question. I am an Atheist now, so I guess it is much easier for me, and yet harder at the same time. As of now, I am still hiding my beliefs from my family and even some of my friends, because they are all Catholic. It's such a familiar environment for me that it's hard to leave, but at the same time, I need my space. Anyways, if I fell in love with a Catholic (or a person of other religious faith), it would probably be tough on both of us. If she required me to have faith in God for her to love me, then I don't think I could go on harboring these feelings for her. I'd simply have to find a better match for myself. If you can't accept someone else for EVERYTHING that they are, then I personally don't think you can truly love them.

~NEO