Walt K., a psychologist, agnostic\/humanist\/free-thinker, has this to say about Christians:<\/p>\n
When Christians talk with me about their faith, I usually feel sorry for them. I feel that I have gone on to a more intelligent approach to spirituality. I used to be a very devout Christian, but have been completely turned off to traditional religion. I know some Christians are sincere and try to live their faith; I respect that. I do not respect the hypocrites, self-deceivers, liars, and self-serving proselytizers.<\/p>\n
There is nothing about Christianity that attracts me anymore. I\u2019m turned off by the typical power game played by those who say, \u201cI know God; therefore, I have truth and everyone who disagrees with me is wrong and will burn in hell forever!\u201d Give me a break. This is all due to ego, power, and self-deceit.<\/p>\n
About Christianity, I say, \u201cI tried it and don\u2019t like it!\u201d It\u2019s lacking in consistency, truth, and any real relation to the actual universe. Since rejecting Christianity, I have found peace, lack of guilt, and self- acceptance, as well as a degree of tolerance that most Christians will never achieve.<\/p>\n
I did not come upon my decision easily or lightly, nor for emotional reasons. It was hard to break my \u201cconditioning,\u201d and I still miss some of it (the hymns especially). But for the most part, I am free of the baggage Christianity imposes upon its adherents. I am still interested in religion, and continually look for, and evaluate, different alternatives. But the most part, I find them wanting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Walt K., a psychologist, agnostic\/humanist\/free-thinker, has this to say about Christians: When Christians talk with me about their faith, I usually feel sorry for them. I feel that I have gone on to a more intelligent approach to spirituality. I used to be a very devout Christian, but have been completely turned off to traditional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1133,1233,58,123,3070,207,549,523,125,1632,120,1637,2124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}