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I Believe Family Is Very Important

Would you talk to your child about belief in God?
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Sapio · 46-50, M
I believe in God though I am a man of no religion. However if a specific faith was of great importance to me, then yes I'd discuss it with my children.
Madeleine · 41-45, F
@Sapio It shows you care.
Sapio · 46-50, M
@Madeleine There has to be a God. I myself have witnessed miracles no one can explain like my tractor moving out of the way the 50ft before what would've been a head on collision when I had my major wreck in January of last year behind the wheel of a tractor trailer.
Madeleine · 41-45, F
@Sapio Exactly, there are things happen in life that can never be explained another way. Have you looked up religions though?
Sapio · 46-50, M
@Madeleine Part of my family on my mom's side were Suni Muslim and the others chose Christian faith.

My grandfather (from Guyana, SA) who was Muslim by faith welcomed any man in our home. One day he invited Jehovah's witnesses to come in. When they left I asked him how come he allowed them to come in. He said they believe in God like he does, they just call him a different name. He also said he has no right to tell a man how to believe or what to believe. But as long as they believed in God then they had a relation of common ground.
Madeleine · 41-45, F
@Sapio There's a truth in what your grandfather said. We should show love and mercy to each other regardless of what we believe. Religion is the path to God, I believe when you love someone, you want to love them the way they want to be loved. Therefore, we should worship God the way God wants to be worshiped.
Sapio · 46-50, M
@Madeleine that's the problem. We love people in the way we want to be loved rather than how you stated, which is the right way. I chalk it up as the leading cause of failed relationships.

If I fell in love with a woman I would embrace her faith if that's what it took to prove my love.
Madeleine · 41-45, F
@Sapio That is so romantic and sweet. But for me, I'd love my man to become Muslim because he's convinced, not merely because of me.
Sapio · 46-50, M
@Madeleine when I say embrace I'm not doing it just for her. I'm taking a chance to open myself to something that could better not only me as a person but our relationship as well.

You see for me it is honour. That's at the pinnacle of my pillar of life. It's the foundation behind my belief that marriage should only happen once and why I have never been married.

If I want to dress up and invite a whole bunch of people to eat a nice cake, I can do that anytime. Being wed to someone means more to me than a big party.
Madeleine · 41-45, F
@Sapio I hope that you will find her soon.
Sapio · 46-50, M
@Madeleine I'm not looking. I believe just like a miracle, the unexpected is the one I will fall in love with.