My personal experience definitely influences my thinking on this. I’m the child of a marriage where one partner became a believer after marriage and I am in a marriage where a believer became an unbeliever. (I am skipping a lot of nuance here.)
I firmly believe no one should be coerced to profess any religious belief under threat of divorce.
I also think 1 Corinthians 7 is the most applicable scripture for marriages where one spouse changes belief.
But I can see how others view it differently.
Been a while since I studied I Cor 7, but I believe the bulk of that is centered around the experience with your parents, where one became a believer after marriage. And I Cor 7 is mostly from the perspective of the of believer and what they should do in relation to their unbelieving spouse. I do not think from recollection that I Cor. 7 is talking about the situation where both were believers, and then one becomes an unbeliever.
Obviously in the first case, I Cor 7 says the new believer shouldn't leave the unbeliever, but it does say if the unbeliever leaves then let them go. (DBing in the 1st century!)
But what about that Lone's case? Where the believing spouse becomes an unbeliever and leaves? I am not sure I Cor 7 is dealing with that instance. However, Rose, I see where you are coming from and reasonable people can obviously disagree on this. I hope you didn't think my disagreement came across as harsh, it wasn't intended to. I think your perspective on this is very refreshing, and this is a healthy discussion considering lone's unique circumstances.
M(53), W(54),D(19) M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017 Ring and Piecing since March 2018
