Covering religion may be harmful to your faith. Two leading religion journalists — one in Britain, one in the United States — have quit the beat in recent months, saying they had acquired such a close look at such scandalous behaviour by Christians that they lost their faith and had to leave.
Pertinent quote: Bates, who says he still regards himself as a Catholic, said he was turned off by the intolerance he saw towards gays and the self-righteousness of Christians who “pick and choose the sins that are acceptable and condemn those – always committed by other, lesser people – that are not.”
Burnout on the God beat – second top religion writer calls it quits – FaithWorld
At least they left for reasons of morality and principle. I always say an atheist who is one because he can’t accept an immoral God is in a pretty good place.
(Not that I’m implying that to leave Christianity is to become an atheist. The two things just reminded me of each other).
Immoral, inconsistent, illogical and unprovable…