What's your view on this Catholic woman converting to a Islam after marrying cricketer husband

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I for one blame the Church for lack of education on faith related issues. Also not enough Christians are going out there to combat Islam using logical arguments besides Robert Spencer, Christian Prince, David Wood, and Sam Shamoun.
 
what’s your view on a Muslim woman converting to Catholicism by marrying a Catholic husband?
 
Personally,I would think that would be a good thing providing that she had came to the decision herself that she believed the catholic religion was the truth.

What I’m finding disappointing is not that the girl in the video decided to change to become Muslim-as after all all adults are free to choose and believe whatever religion they want-the disappointing part is how easy it seemed for her to make the decision.
It gives the impression that her parents never encouraged her Catholic faith in the first place.
Not only did she seem indifferent to religion but so did her parents.
If his Muslim parents were able/willing (rightly so) to encourage his faith,why wouldn’t her apparently Catholic parents have done the same?
If they had of encouraged the catholic faith but then she still decided to convert to Islam due to marriage then I would be happy for her as she made an informed choice.
It just seems abit like she’s rejecting/renouncing something that she may never have been encouraged to fully understand in the first place (Catholicism).
It’s easy to renounce something you don’t know or are indifferent to.
 
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Rozellelily said:
Personally,I would think that would be a good thing providing that she had came to the decision herself that she believed the catholic religion was the truth.
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But wouldn’t you say that’s because the Muslim parents didn’t bring her up in the Islam faith properly?
 
Pup7 said:
Really? Because that’s where I got all my information when I started researching the faith.

Online. YouTube even has a whole RCIA series from Our Lady Of Good Counsel available.
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You’re right. Of course there are a lot of sources online (your link), but they are specific–i.e., you would have to do a search and then go to them. Youtube is really what I’m talking about–you type in a subject and a list of related videos pop up.

I took a look at Our Lady of Good Counsel–it’s in Plymouth MI, very close to Dearborn, where there is the greatest concentration of Muslims in the US. This may or may not have anything to do with their activity online. The priest there seems to be the driving force.

Have a look at this (257,000 views…)
or this
This is what I’m talking about.
 
redbetta said:
I know Bishop Robert Barron used to engage people in the comments section of his YouTube videos. I’m not sure whether he still does that now that he’s a bishop, though.

Many people also subscribe to the belief that you cannot convince anyone of anything over the Internet, that people only go online seeking to argue or get validation, not honestly learn.
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Yes. I checked him out–he says he replies to questions on his Facebook page or on Twitter. He’s in LA–maybe that has something to do with it.

I was simply reporting what the rule is in my archdiocese–no online activity in forums, comment sections, etc. from priests.
 
If she just easily made the decision and her parents seemed indifferent to her no longer being a Muslim then I likely would think that.

If instead she said she had been taught well about the Islamic faith but then “studied” catholic religion upon meeting her husband to be,and then decided that Catholic seemed more true for her then I wouldn’t think that.

Sorry,I’m perhaps not the brightest,but are you suggesting that it’s ok and normal for catholic parents to be indifferent if their adult child decides to change religion without maybe having the full info about their “first” religion in the first place?
I understand adults make their own decisions of course but can a person reject something if they haven’t been taught about it properly in the first place?
At early 20 something age who’s responsibility is it for her to know properly about the Catholic faith-hers,her parents,or the Catholic Church itself?

Also,im not understanding is a person a believer/true converter if they do it for the sake of romantic love if their motive is because they know how much it would mean to their husband or wife?
(I guess the same here could be said regardless whether they were converting to Islam,Catholic Church or other.)
 
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I guess the same here could be said regardless whether they were converting to Islam,Catholic Church or other.)
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I just wanted to see whether you are consistent. And from your statement above it seems you are.
As to the question you have posed, I have no opinion one way or the other. I think as long as one is consistent.
 
ConfusedLucy said:
These days many are still in education until their 20s. I was with my husband by 20, some people didn’t get why we didn’t marry at 22 but it would have been a disaster, I had only just started my adult working life and he was still doing his phd.

My grandparents all left school by 14 and had started working so by 22 were more likely to be ready for marriage.
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I think you have something there. Starting your career is a significant milestone that also forces much maturity in the person. In that sense we are maturing later than earlier generations.
 
Also marrying someone who hasn’t yet started working is a huge gamble.
 
Rozellelily said:
I understand adults make their own decisions of course but can a person reject something if they haven’t been taught about it properly in the first place?

At early 20 something age who’s responsibility is it for her to know properly about the Catholic faith-hers,her parents,or the Catholic Church itself?

Also,im not understanding is a person a believer/true converter if they do it for the sake of romantic love if their motive is because they know how much it would mean to their husband or wife?
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It’s only a small minority that convert because of their partner. See a Pew poll from 2009 (rev. in 2011) that surveys various religions and the reasons people leave them, and where they go:


As for whose responsibility it is for this woman’s ignorance, I would say there’s plenty of blame to spread around: the Church, for not educating her properly; her parents; and her. I’m not sure how I’d assign percentages, but they’re all to blame. Probably I’d blame the young woman most–after all, it’s her decision.
 
Rozellelilly,
I think that some 22 year-olds can be very mature.

I am not sure about criticizing her decision on the basis of not being mature enough. I first wanted to convert when I was 19 but I didn’t actually do it until I was about 40. It was mainly my parents’ anti-Catholicism that stopped me but I am sure that some teens do convert.
 
When she grows up and has had a couple kids. She will think back to her lost faith. SHe will find Jesus hopefully bringing her husband with her. If the marriage is still together by then. Time will tell.
 
I’m sure his family is lovely but she belongs to a faith that calls for death for apostasy and where the majority of adherents believe in that dogma, even if they believe that it should only be meted out by civil authorities. As a public Muslim figure she should be very concerned for her safety if she were to ever publicly renounce her faith.
 
All it takes is one.
I do get to travel in the Muslim world quite a bit and there are a lot of fantastic people. But Islams greatest weakness is that it doesn’t respect religious freedom. It’s also its greatest strength, too, because once you’re a Muslim there is no going back.
 
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The life expectancy was low because of infant mortality. If you survived your childhood you had a pretty decent chance of living into old age. They waited so long because supporting a family is/was expensive and they had to get established in their careers before they could do so.
 
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