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I found myself in the same situation many moons ago. In the end, we broke up and I don't regret it. She encouraged me to go to church with her, or at least give it a try. But it went against everything I believe in. I believe in people, not worshipping. Eventually I would also meet her friends who would go to church for the social aspect but not actually believe any of the teachings; what's the point?
She wanted our kids to go to church. I definitely couldn't do it. Maybe I'm too much of a liberal snowflake but I believe too much in free thought and refuse to brainwash my children and skew their understanding of the world and teach them through the eyes of a cult. Maybe I'm being a bit harsh calling religions cults, but that's what they are. Look at the mess they make. Between people of different religions, same religion (different sects) and people of non-religion. My kids won't do the right thing and help others because they're afraid of a man in the sky or of going to hell. They'll do the right thing because they'll choose to.
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