George Farmer
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I take my faith life seriously. And you said to one of those people, they would be very receptive to that. And there's a whole branch of society, which is kind of built around preserving the faith. But in Britain, The Anglican Church, which is the state church, is very liberal. I mean, it's incredibly progressive. And as a result, most people have, most of British society have no real faith life.
I take my faith life seriously. And you said to one of those people, they would be very receptive to that. And there's a whole branch of society, which is kind of built around preserving the faith. But in Britain, The Anglican Church, which is the state church, is very liberal. I mean, it's incredibly progressive. And as a result, most people have, most of British society have no real faith life.
And so faith in the public domain is just not something talked about. And so over here, you come over here, it's amazingly refreshing to be in America where people are so open, not just to the idea of talking about faith, but so open to learning about faith, so open to talk, that conversion experiences happen the whole time over here, whereas they're kind of rare in the UK.
And so faith in the public domain is just not something talked about. And so over here, you come over here, it's amazingly refreshing to be in America where people are so open, not just to the idea of talking about faith, but so open to learning about faith, so open to talk, that conversion experiences happen the whole time over here, whereas they're kind of rare in the UK.
And so faith in the public domain is just not something talked about. And so over here, you come over here, it's amazingly refreshing to be in America where people are so open, not just to the idea of talking about faith, but so open to learning about faith, so open to talk, that conversion experiences happen the whole time over here, whereas they're kind of rare in the UK.
But yeah, that's probably one of the biggest culture shocks, I'd say.
But yeah, that's probably one of the biggest culture shocks, I'd say.
But yeah, that's probably one of the biggest culture shocks, I'd say.
Yeah. So, I mean, my parents are both evangelical Christians. And as you know, my sisters are also like, they have a mixed faith life. One of them is very devout. The other one is not. I was raised in a home, which is
Yeah. So, I mean, my parents are both evangelical Christians. And as you know, my sisters are also like, they have a mixed faith life. One of them is very devout. The other one is not. I was raised in a home, which is
Yeah. So, I mean, my parents are both evangelical Christians. And as you know, my sisters are also like, they have a mixed faith life. One of them is very devout. The other one is not. I was raised in a home, which is
still to this day, like my parents' house would be very built around the Bible, would be very built around a daily prayer life, a weekly church attendance, like that would be something that is just Bible studies, like very regular, involved in the church. Faith was a huge part of our life growing up.
still to this day, like my parents' house would be very built around the Bible, would be very built around a daily prayer life, a weekly church attendance, like that would be something that is just Bible studies, like very regular, involved in the church. Faith was a huge part of our life growing up.
still to this day, like my parents' house would be very built around the Bible, would be very built around a daily prayer life, a weekly church attendance, like that would be something that is just Bible studies, like very regular, involved in the church. Faith was a huge part of our life growing up.
You quickly became aware of that in England, just going back to my previous answer about how secular it is, because when you say that you go to church on Sunday in the UK, that is not normal.
You quickly became aware of that in England, just going back to my previous answer about how secular it is, because when you say that you go to church on Sunday in the UK, that is not normal.
You quickly became aware of that in England, just going back to my previous answer about how secular it is, because when you say that you go to church on Sunday in the UK, that is not normal.
And so as a result, by the time that you're cognizant of kind of having that discussion with your peers at a very young age, like seven, eight, nine, 10, at a boys' school in London, you become very aware that faith is different. That for me was probably the starting block because then what happened was, I started to become more interested in why I was different.
And so as a result, by the time that you're cognizant of kind of having that discussion with your peers at a very young age, like seven, eight, nine, 10, at a boys' school in London, you become very aware that faith is different. That for me was probably the starting block because then what happened was, I started to become more interested in why I was different.
And so as a result, by the time that you're cognizant of kind of having that discussion with your peers at a very young age, like seven, eight, nine, 10, at a boys' school in London, you become very aware that faith is different. That for me was probably the starting block because then what happened was, I started to become more interested in why I was different.