A recent study showed that over 22.5 million atheists in America were raised in the Catholic faith. In addition to this, online social networking sites and discussion forums are showing that more and more Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist followers are losing their belief in God, and going in the way of agnostics and atheists. When confronted about these numbers, priests, pastors, and ministers of some of the world's most popular Christian denominations are clueless as to why. Many clergy members feel that more and more people are becoming atheist because of the failures of the Church in upholding moral accountability among its leaders. Some also believe that people are walking away from the faith to pursue the wealth and prosperity of the world. But what exactly are the real reasons for people leaving the church? In order to find these answers one must look at the very nature of religion itself.
From growing up in a Southern Baptist upbringing, I am quite familiar with the dogma and hypocrisy of religion in America. For years I battled with trying to reconcile the words that were spoken from the pulpit, with the actual actions of the vast majority of the congregation. There were about 25 fornicators for every 1 sermon preached about fornication. The numbers were similar for every other sin that you can think of. The sad reality is that the church was mostly hype and very little reality. Aside from the hypocrisy, many churches also begin to lose membership when they are not able to present the bible in a realistic and understandable way. It almost seems that many pastors are too busy trying to convince the world that every person on earth originated from two people; instead of exemplifying the virtues that were taught by Yehoshua himself. They refuse to acknowledge that the religion of Christianity is rooted in paganism, due to the fact that it was groomed and marketed by Constantine, a known Pagan. They refuse to acknowledge that most of what is taught in the Christian church today is not the same thing that was taught in the first century. They refuse to acknowledge that religion is not what Yehoshua intended, but that's what we are left with. What we consider to be religion is nothing more than a collage of superstitions and pagan practices. When are we going to wake up and realize it for ourselves?
Many atheists have come to realize that religion is nothing more than a hoax and a sham that is being perpetuated by those in charge for financial gain. Christianity is nothing more than a new version of Greek mythology. Until the church wakes up and realizes this, more and more people are going to call our bluff, and walk away. We have to figure out where we went wrong. We need to go back to that point and correct our mistakes.
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