On Marriage, Love, and Family
My sister and I identify ourselves as purists. We absolutely believe that a marriage is a sacred act (whether religious or spiritual) and that two parties must be dedicated through thick or thin, and we take our vows absolutely seriously. The only conditions that can cause us to break the sacred vow is if there was cheating, fraud, or abusive violence. As we have grown up over the years, we also realized that not everyone sees this ceremony as sacred as we do, as many prefer to make and break it as they please instead. My sisters and I were brought up as Baptist Christians, but of the slightly more conservative kind of values. We were taught that all peoples are born sinful, and that we must spend our life to ensure we don not succumb to sin, that we should lead a life that aims at being virtuous rather than merely being in the pursuit of wealth for the sake of doing so, that there is a higher purpose than merely pursuing worldly things; yes having a job and income and a home is i...