I don't know about most preachers. But most of the ones I knew well in my childhood weren't dicks. They were sincere. Kind and generous even and they weren't well paid.
I didn't want to be confirmed because I didn't believe. It's the pastor who squared that with my parents. He didn't want someone lying before alter. He also, poor soul, recommended I read the Bible cover to cover. Great advice, but it didn't have the effect he intended. He stopped talking with me about it after a few sessions though. My questions unnerved him.
I didn't want to be confirmed because I didn't believe. It's the pastor who squared that with my parents. He didn't want someone lying before alter. He also, poor soul, recommended I read the Bible cover to cover. Great advice, but it didn't have the effect he intended. He stopped talking with me about it after a few sessions though. My questions unnerved him.

If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.