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At Deuteronomy 7:3, 4 God told the Israelites that they must not marry anyone from the surrounding nations because it could cause God's people to take up false worship. 1 Corinthians 7:39 says that the marriage bond is broken by death. Afterward remarriage is possible only if it is to someone "in the Lord"-a fellow believer.
2 Corinthians 6:14, 15 shows that Christians have nothing in common spiritually with those of a different faith.
Under the Mosaic Law, it was an act of unfaithfulness and disobedience to God to marry someone of a different faith than your own. God's view of this is the same today. By refusing to marry this person, you have not chosen religion over love. You have chosen obedience to God over an unwise union.
For one who is serious about his/her beliefs, it is a lonely existence to have a mate with whom you can not share spiritual matters and who does not join you at religious services or other spiritual activities. This is true even if your mate does not oppose your practice of your beliefs.
And what of the children? Many believers have been told that no problems would occur because of religion, only to find later that the unbelieving mate now rejects, perhaps fiercely, your efforts to train your children in godly ways.
Also, consider the tension that is felt when you and your mate will be around your believing friends. No matter how kind and tactful your and your friends are to your mate, is it fair to fellow believers to subject them to such tension or worse, to perhaps caution them to not speak about certain, or any, religious subjects around your mate? A serious Christian considers it his/her main purpose in life to share God's word with others. Nothing is worse than having to be around someone who either will not discuss spiritual matters with you and others or will not allow you to do so.
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