Another holy man leaves fold.

[Brian37]

Good for him.

However, as the article describes it seems to be an emotional reaction to the death of a friend's friend.

I'm not sure the article describes it that way. Or at least not the way I read it.

The way I read it, it was the phone call from the friend/parishioner that brought his disbelief to the fore, not caused it.

" All he had ever wanted was to be a comfort and a support to the people he grew up with, but now a divide stood between him and them. He could no longer hide his disbelief."


This makes it sound as if he was already a non-believer.

I hope so. I have seen this script before from alleged de converts. In any case death in life is not a good reason to accept or reject a god claim, although it does punch holes in the "perfect" "omni" claim and also makes this alleged claimed being seem to be inept, cherry picking, or outright malicious.