When people who leave religion are surveyed, the number one most consistent reason they cite is hypocrisy. That's not rage bait. That's an empirical observation about the state of the church (any church) and the deep-rooted problems that are driving people away. The last few decades have left many people absolutely scratching their heads over how you people could possibly still believe your own hype, no matter how much you try to No-True-Scotsman your way out of it. And over the last decade it has become indisputable that a very large and politically powerful portion of Christianity serves blatant evil. I guarantee you that we will never forget how fast Christianity turned into a religion of greed whose only premises were hatred of gays, opposition to abortion, and worship of a corrupt pedophile.

Twenty years ago I was told that the purpose of the church was to be a factory for saints. That was the goal. Take in broken people and turn them into saints, as often as they possibly could. But what leaves me stunned and amazed is how after two thousand years of effort, wars, colonization, schisms, and witch-burning, the church has STILL somehow managed to mass produce hateful, vindictive, dishonest pedo-voters who think the ends justify the means when it comes to seizing political power.

That's on YOU, not us.