The idea of conversion has always fascinated me. As a kid, I was raised to be a believer, and the argument was always set up as "there are good Christians" and there are, basically, atheists and atheists who dress themselves in Christian clothing.
Of course, the more I grew, the more my mind went against the training, and though it has sometimes been difficult to override the programming in my daily life, do it anyway. I can't imagine what that override must be like when a person adopts a new religion entirely, rather than just discarding one. It's pretty fascinating to me.
Wedding plans are usually boring, but in your case, it seems an interesting problem to set up. In most of the interfaith couples I've seen, at least one of the pair is essentially non-practicing in whatever religion they are, so the main issue is more about the incorporation of cultural rituals. You and your gentleman, I gather, are quite active in your respective belief systems, so this one is quite a bit more complicated. The fact that you're a convert only makes it more so, I should think, because it's such a public and defining event, and consequently, has to be Jewish enough to "prove you were serious" and yet, Christian enough to include your husband-to-be as more than an accessory after the fact.
I looked over here because I saw something about Jewish law, and was genuinely suprised to find a Jewish pro-lifer, and certainly a Jewish, feminist pro-lifer. Identities that seem to be contradictions (but aren't really) fascinate me.
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The idea of conversion has always fascinated me. As a kid, I was raised to be a believer, and the argument was always set up as "there are good Christians" and there are, basically, atheists and atheists who dress themselves in Christian clothing.
Of course, the more I grew, the more my mind went against the training, and though it has sometimes been difficult to override the programming in my daily life, do it anyway. I can't imagine what that override must be like when a person adopts a new religion entirely, rather than just discarding one. It's pretty fascinating to me.
Wedding plans are usually boring, but in your case, it seems an interesting problem to set up. In most of the interfaith couples I've seen, at least one of the pair is essentially non-practicing in whatever religion they are, so the main issue is more about the incorporation of cultural rituals. You and your gentleman, I gather, are quite active in your respective belief systems, so this one is quite a bit more complicated. The fact that you're a convert only makes it more so, I should think, because it's such a public and defining event, and consequently, has to be Jewish enough to "prove you were serious" and yet, Christian enough to include your husband-to-be as more than an accessory after the fact.
I looked over here because I saw something about Jewish law, and was genuinely suprised to find a Jewish pro-lifer, and certainly a Jewish, feminist pro-lifer. Identities that seem to be contradictions (but aren't really) fascinate me.