Tag #136329 - Interview #78490 (Katalin Kallos Havas)

My younger son, Gyorgy, is an engineer. His wife is a Hungarian Christian; her name is Marika. They live in Nagyvarad. They have two daughters: Renata, born in 1989, and Patricia, three years younger. They are both baptized and will confirm. I asked my son, ‘What does the minister think about you bringing your daughters to scripture lessons, you being a Jewish husband?’ He said the minister is very intelligent, has a high rank and they are on very good terms with each other. He told me, ‘Whenever I take my daughters there, we usually chat for 20 minutes. We respect each other. He doesn’t want to convert me, we don’t speak about religion.’ His wife’s parents are religious, they insisted on baptizing the children. And in order to preserve peace within the family, my son had nothing against it. He said, ‘When they grow up they will think and act at their own discretion, anyway.