"I quit going to church years ago, because I couldn't stand the righteous hypocrites who couldn't wait to gather in cliques after services to gossip and try to decide how they could rule the world."
Are you reading my mind and posting my thoughts? Same here, and I was a pre-seminary student my first year of college.
I'm glad to hear I'm not alone. After several years of singing in the choir at both church services every Sunday, I just decided I'd had enough. Sincere belief can be quiet and does not require the walls of churches and their politics.