To Be Or Not To Be Equally Yoked

Imagine this..

You meet the girl of your dreams. She's brainy. She has a sense of humor. She's pretty. She's talented. She's the one you think of first thing in the morning when you wake up, and the last person you say Goodnight to before you go to sleep. Both of you click just like that. You can read each other's minds. You like to spend as much time with each other. You always have jolly good fun with her. You can talk about things, just anything at all under the sun. She's someone you can see yourself marrying to. You're someone her parents would just loveeeee... Both of you are just soooooo compatible with each other.

The problem is :- She's a staunch believer in Christianity, you're not. In fact, you're not even a Christian.

Now what do you do? Most people will probably end up converting to Christianity, coz according to the Bible, believers were told "not to be yoked with unbelievers". Ok.. The rest of the entry might be a little bit sensitive. But hey, feel free to correct me. Apostle Paul once said that "if any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him".

Understandably that a believer and a non-believer have different beliefs regarding religion, and perhaps their certain lifestyles might contradict. And that both should follow the same religion so that they go hand in hand and follow the same path towards the "light". But otherwise, they are just so right for each other.

Going back to the situation, you believe in God too, but you're not gonna tell her, "Hey look, you must convert to MY religion instead". Believer and non-believer can be together. They CAN live together. I have seen countless of married "un-yoked" couples who live happily with each other for many, many years. So long as both of them respect each other's religion. So long as both of them don't step on each other's tails regarding religion, or the non-believe don't tempt the believer with his/her own beliefs.

I don't see why they can't be together. I mean, if you're the girl in the said situation, why can't you give it a shot before saying that, "No, my partner MUST be a Christian". Would you rather lose the opportunity of being with that special someone, knowing that you will end up happily ever after together, than having to give it a try at all?