[She is not the first to question his religious convictions, prodding as if to poke holes in the hull of his faith, but his faith is ironclad and he does not mind braving the waters of discourse.]
There is but one God - all others are false. And although His might and mercy can hardly be comprehended by men, I would not say that He is unknown, for I have felt His presence and witnessed His acts. Moreover, it is told that God is the creator of all that is seen and unseen. This pagan land and all who inhabit it may not know Him, but this doesn't mean they are not His creation.
[Such reasoning would be unassailable in his society, but here he finds that he is rather singular in his thinking. Of all the myriad adjustments he has had to accommodate in this latest iteration of his life, one of the hardest is the absence of those who share his faith. Sunday mornings gape hollowly, and all he can do is patch the hole with solitary prayer.]
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There is but one God - all others are false. And although His might and mercy can hardly be comprehended by men, I would not say that He is unknown, for I have felt His presence and witnessed His acts. Moreover, it is told that God is the creator of all that is seen and unseen. This pagan land and all who inhabit it may not know Him, but this doesn't mean they are not His creation.
[Such reasoning would be unassailable in his society, but here he finds that he is rather singular in his thinking. Of all the myriad adjustments he has had to accommodate in this latest iteration of his life, one of the hardest is the absence of those who share his faith. Sunday mornings gape hollowly, and all he can do is patch the hole with solitary prayer.]