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Q: My child\u2019s father has recently converted to Christianity and has been in and out of our child\u2019s life for six years and swears he\u2019s on a journey to discover God and do God\u2019s work. I am Muslim and respect all faiths, but he insists that leaving his child to go party in Sydney and take care of another women\u2019s child is \u201cGod\u2019s work.\u201d I wanted to get your advice on the whole situation because he keeps saying religion first before everything. I can respect a religious man but, correct me if I\u2019m wrong, where in the Bible does it say to abandon your child and leave him with lifelong issues, to take care of a random woman\u2019s child? He is also hanging around a lot of bad people who engage in drug use and criminal activity. He\u2019s not trying to help them at all but assist them. He keeps insisting that I read the Bible and educate myself, but I\u2019d like to hear it from you, Father. God bless you. \u2014 Ava<\/p>\n<\/address><\/blockquote>\n

Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC<\/em>:<\/p>\n

I am sorry to hear about the situation.<\/p>\n

Being a Christian means believing in Jesus and trying to live in accord with his teachings and commandments.<\/p>\n

It’s not very Christian to father a child and basically abandon it \u2014 and to claim that it\u2019s \u201cGod\u2019s will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nor is it Christian to spend one’s time partying and helping people to use drugs and perpetrate crimes.<\/p>\n

It sounds as though your man has a very distorted view of what it means to be Christian. He certainly isn\u2019t modeling Christian behavior for you.<\/p>\n

That said, I would encourage you to learn more about Christianity.<\/p>\n

You could start by reading the Gospels. And for an overview of the Catholic faith, you might consider getting a copy of the Youth Catechism.<\/p>\n

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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith & Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. His contributions to RCSpirituality include responding to\u00a0Ask A Priest\u00a0questions and sharing his insights in our\u00a0Weekly Newsletter.","url":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/author\/emcilmail\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201813"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=201813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}