Introduction
Communication is an important aspect in any relationship or marriage, as it helps in the conveying of messages from one partner to another, and defines whether a relationship works out or not. Couples cannot relate in the right way if they do not have effective communication skills. Communication contexts vary from culture to culture. This is why one is encouraged to learn about the culture of the person that they intend to marry, to enable them formulate ways of handling the differences they are bound to face if they get married.
Religion is an important aspect of culture and a major area that marriages focus on. Some religions, for example the Jews, do not allow their members to marry people from different religions. Christians do not always encourage marrying from different religions but they are still not totally against it.
Differences in communication between mixed religion couples
Couples who are from different religions are bound to face challenges in their marriages due to their different perspectives about life, God and other aspects of religion. Their opinions about how to handle some situations always differs as they have different beliefs. Their communication is therefore affected as well in this case. Communication between couples from different religions is often strained during the first years of marriage. This changes when they learn to respect each other’s different views and opinions and develop proper styles of communicating to each other.
Jews are different from Christians in their belief systems, because even though they confess their belief in the existence of one God, Christians do not recognize them as believers. The debate on abortion is one of the issues that Christians and Jews differ on. Christians are completely against abortion, meaning that it should not be performed under any circumstances because life begins at conception. Jews on the other hand believe that a fetus is considered a human being at conception. When the baby leaves the womb that is when it is considered alive. This then makes it hard for them to have a similar opinion about some of these things when they are debated (Robinson, 2005).
Communication between such couples also happens to be mostly about religious issues. The beliefs of Christians about Jesus being the messiah differ from those of Jews because they do not believe that one person could die for the sins of many. Issues such as the first sin that Adam and Eve committed do not arise in any of the Jews beliefs (Alan, 1996). Most partners in such relationships base their arguments on what their religion teaches or believes. This way, conflicts become hard to resolve mostly when one of the partners is either a very staunch Christian or a very staunch Jew. Such partners tend to hold on to their beliefs so tightly that they cannot listen to the voice of reason even when they are on the wrong.
Conclusion
Effective communication is an important means of ensuring a good marriage. Couples should therefore learn how to communicate with each other freely and without necessarily basing their arguments on religious grounds. Couples from different religions should therefore receive guidance on how to communicate with each other before they get married to avoid problems later on in their marriages. This can be achieved by revealing themselves to each other during the guidance sessions.
Works cited
Alan, U. (1996). The Jews: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. Oregon: Sussex Academic Press.
Robinson, B.A. (2005). Religious Tolerance: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance Retrieved from http:/www.religioustolerance.org/jud_abor.htm
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