Soooo I'm no "bible banger" like my sister is, but lately I've been getting stronger in my Lutheran faith. I still don't work a schedule that is conducive to attending church, since I'm student teaching and working a part time job which equates to about 65 hours of work a week, but I've been doing a lot of prayer and looking at my life, trying to improve my relationship with Christ, etc.
My boyfriend was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and has a grandmother who is so immersed in Catholicism she forgets the center of it all is God. He will tell you that he's had religion shoved down his throat. Because of this, he does not have strong faith. From our discussions, he does believe in a higher power and believes in the possibility of Heaven and ****, but has not settled on his beliefs. He agreed recently that he is willing to seek out a church we both feel comfortable in so that we can raise our children in a non overbearing Christian way. He knows it's important to me so he's willing to ride it out. I know I shouldn't want to change him in any way, but I do want him to strengthen his faith in God so that we can both go to Heaven together. I'd never leave him for his beliefs. If I end up in Heaven without him, that's sad, but that's reality. He's the love of my life and I will be with him forever.
I do want to know if it's asking too much of him to have him attend with me and our hypothetical children. We're planning on marrying in the next year or so, so this is something that may be a reality sooner than later. I just don't want to be one of those psychotic "bible bangers" who thrusts the Lord at people and tries to "save people from damnation" while actually pushing them away.
Anyone have any experience in this matter? It's hard to find anything online that relates since he is, at the base of it all, essentially a Christian who is just a little lost and hurt by the church.
My boyfriend was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and has a grandmother who is so immersed in Catholicism she forgets the center of it all is God. He will tell you that he's had religion shoved down his throat. Because of this, he does not have strong faith. From our discussions, he does believe in a higher power and believes in the possibility of Heaven and ****, but has not settled on his beliefs. He agreed recently that he is willing to seek out a church we both feel comfortable in so that we can raise our children in a non overbearing Christian way. He knows it's important to me so he's willing to ride it out. I know I shouldn't want to change him in any way, but I do want him to strengthen his faith in God so that we can both go to Heaven together. I'd never leave him for his beliefs. If I end up in Heaven without him, that's sad, but that's reality. He's the love of my life and I will be with him forever.
I do want to know if it's asking too much of him to have him attend with me and our hypothetical children. We're planning on marrying in the next year or so, so this is something that may be a reality sooner than later. I just don't want to be one of those psychotic "bible bangers" who thrusts the Lord at people and tries to "save people from damnation" while actually pushing them away.
Anyone have any experience in this matter? It's hard to find anything online that relates since he is, at the base of it all, essentially a Christian who is just a little lost and hurt by the church.