We’re Not Atheists Because of Bad Christians

Why aren’t we religious?

I’ve heard Christians confidently express the reasons: There’s too much hypocrisy within the church, there are too many Christians who give the rest of them a bad name, we’ve had bad experiences in church, etc.

Not the reason we became atheists

Neil Carter does a great job pointing out that the problem is as much with the message as it is the messengers:

… My Christian friends routinely pass around this much beloved quote by Brennan Manning:

The greatest single cause of at...