OP, do you think that all of us were cast out or driven away? That if the church would have only loved and accepted us more that we would still be believers?
For some, that may be part of the story. For myself, it was that the story the church and my parents presented for belief just stopped working. There was to much fantasy, to much magic, to many contradictions, killing, slavery, genocide, manipulation, abuse, fear, false promise, .................
It became clear that christianity (and every other religion) was made by man. I wasn't cast out. I walked away. The carrot no longer had any allure.
For some, that may be part of the story. For myself, it was that the story the church and my parents presented for belief just stopped working. There was to much fantasy, to much magic, to many contradictions, killing, slavery, genocide, manipulation, abuse, fear, false promise, .................
It became clear that christianity (and every other religion) was made by man. I wasn't cast out. I walked away. The carrot no longer had any allure.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.