Tristan Tate
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Or something along those lines.
I've probably butchered it slightly, but that's the core message of it.
And now is the time that I stand in unity with my brother, no matter what he believes in, whether it be a Muslim or whether he be an atheist, and these conversations will come later on.
No, there's no friction between my myself and my brother ever, which I guess leads to my original answer.
You know, the willingness to try to create it.
He doesn't have and he won't start that with me.
So for now, I won't start that with him.
I mean, I'm sure he thinks about my religious beliefs and maybe he wishes that I shared his religious beliefs just as I wish he shared mine.
But we don't go at each other and we don't, when we're sitting down in a board meeting, for example, discussing whatever work we're discussing,
We don't drain the time away trying to drag each other across this line because I don't believe now, for one, it would work.
I don't believe that it would be fruitful.
I don't believe that either of us would change our minds.
And I do plan to retire in a few years and just hopefully we're both alive then.
And then I will have all the time in the world to discuss these ideas.
I think no matter what denomination of Christianity you are, I understand that there's differences in order of service and how you pray and whether you recite the Nicene Creed or you don't.
I think it boils down to one factor and one factor only, which is why I said I have no problem with non-denominational Christians, evangelicals, et cetera, et cetera, is whether you, in your heart, truly believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Do you believe that he was actually dead for three days?
And do you believe he actually rose again from the grave?
I think that is the core of Christianity.
Despite all the messaging and all the sins and how people act and how people conduct their lives,