Hi, I'm in quite a predicament at the moment.
I think I've fallen in love with a close friend of mine. She's a muslim girl and I'm an atheist (born to Hindu parents). We've been really good friends for just over a year and I'm thinking about asking her out. We love each other's company, spend a lot time talking to each other over the phone and eating out together.
While she may not be quite religious, she loves her family, tradition and culture and I respect that. I'm afraid that if I do ask her out she'll refuse due to the differences in our beliefs. What do I do?
What I find alienating is that religion should never get in the way of love and compassion. Because love and compassion should be the point of religion. If you deviate from compassion, however you justify it, you have left God behind.
I think I've fallen in love with a close friend of mine. She's a muslim girl and I'm an atheist (born to Hindu parents). We've been really good friends for just over a year and I'm thinking about asking her out. We love each other's company, spend a lot time talking to each other over the phone and eating out together.
While she may not be quite religious, she loves her family, tradition and culture and I respect that. I'm afraid that if I do ask her out she'll refuse due to the differences in our beliefs. What do I do?
What I find alienating is that religion should never get in the way of love and compassion. Because love and compassion should be the point of religion. If you deviate from compassion, however you justify it, you have left God behind.