“Authorities, however, declined to recognize religious hatred as the primary motive for the attack, describing it as a secondary factor.

“Here is a church that the state does not persecute. You do not have to become its followers—it is enough simply not to express your negative position towards it.

“I can safely say that I never waver in answering this with a “yes.”

“Do you believe that God is good to you?

“Do you believe in the goodness of God?

“Do you believe in God?

“If we believe in God, and we believe that God is love, then we believe in God and God’s love through the various trials that life brings.