Abandoning the religious institution of the Abrahamic religions with all its variations is a logical must in my opinion.
The institutions were always corrupted and they always started war or supported dictators and warlords. Take the Church and the Crusades, or Wahhabies and the rise of the Sauds, or Jews and the invasion of Palestine.
It became a constant that every dictator must have a religious institution of some sorts by their side.
I would say that some of the people abandoning religion -even some of the atheists here- are not turning their backs on God: they are actually turning their backs on the corrupted religious institution.
The institutions were always corrupted and they always started war or supported dictators and warlords. Take the Church and the Crusades, or Wahhabies and the rise of the Sauds, or Jews and the invasion of Palestine.
It became a constant that every dictator must have a religious institution of some sorts by their side.
I would say that some of the people abandoning religion -even some of the atheists here- are not turning their backs on God: they are actually turning their backs on the corrupted religious institution.