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Dialogue Questions for Interfaith Couples
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By Sheri & Bob Stritof, About.com

  • HDMAMMF = How does my answer make me feel?
  • HDIFAT = How do I feel about that?
  • HDIF = How do I feel...
  • HDIFA = How do I feel about...
    • Do we celebrate aspects of both faiths in our relationship and in our home? HDMAMMF?

    • What is the most difficult situation facing us as an interfaith couple right now? HDMAMMF?

    • What are my expectations for my own prayer life? HDMAMMF?

    • What are my expectations for us a couple concerning prayer? HDMAMMF?

    • What are my hopes for our children concerning religion? HDMAMMF?

    • Should we say grace before meals? HDIFAT?

    • HDIF reflecting on my parents' relationship with God?

    • HDIFA the two of us talking about our faith when we were children?

    • Should we tithe? HDMAMMF?

    • WAMFA observing religious holidays together?

    • Do I believe that you are closer to God than I am? HDMAMMF?

    • Do I have an attitude of superiority or inferiority about my religion? HDMAMMF?

    • HDIFA praying together as a family?

    • HDIFA attending religious services together, rotating from your religion to mine, every other week?

    • HDIFA our children's religious education?

    • Can our faith differences strengthen our marriage? HDMAMMF?

    • How do our differences in faith weaken our marriage relationship? HDMAMMF?

    • Do I have any expectations of you converting to my religion? HDMAMMF?

    • Can we share and live our religious lives individually without trying to change one another? HDMAMMF?

    • How important is it to me to help our children find their own religious identity? HDMAMMF?

    • Am I willing to allow our kids to choose their own faith? HDMAMMF?

    • How strongly do I feel about carrying on the religious traditions of my childhood?

    • Are we facing the issue of our different faiths in our marriage? HDMAMMF?

    • HDIFA the acceptance or lack of acceptance by our families of our interfaith marriage?

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