You can’t give somebody faith. They either got it or they don’t.

Karen Marie Moning
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You can’t give somebody faith. They either got it or they don’t. You can’t force someone to believe in something that they don’t, yet the same can’t be said for you believing something that you don’t. For instance, I once had a friend who was very religious.

He was not only religious, he was also extremely religious. He would often quote Biblical verses and preach about God which I found to be quite odd because for me religion is not something you preach but something you are. However, one day he called me up and told me about how his brother was baptized into the Catholic Church and that he would be going to visit him shortly.

I thought that sounded great so I asked if I could come along which he agreed too. When we got to his brother’s house he made us have a drink before the ceremony took place which I thought was odd, but didn’t really think much of it. We all sat down in this room with his brother sitting us down to tell us what was about to happen because his brother knew the whole story about the baptism and how it happened, but before he said anything he grabbed my friend by the arm and asked him if he believed in God.

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