I didn't see where she said she didn't believe in God.
I read her saying that she couldn't forgive the attackers, and didn't feel she could stand up there and preach forgiveness from the altar when she can't bring herself to do it. Therefore, she stepped away from preaching.
It says she's working on something else within the Church.
Where did it say she says she "Can't believe in God"?
I read that she found that she can't bring herself to OBEY what she believes God commanded, having doubts about the command. Seems to me that she does not want to be a hypocrite. That's a different thing than not believing in God.
Actually, it's belief in God, but recognition of one's own limitations.
"A man's got to know his limitations." - Dirty Harry
I didn't either, and that's why I added the additional words to the title that I did, in an attempt to "temper" people's expectations. What I got from the article was that her Faith has been severely battered, hence those were the words I chose.
Free Republic posting guidelines require us to use the original title.
That being said, I feel that the issue with the title is a small point in relation to the article in it's entirety....I found it to be a compelling story that made me feel terribly sad and it rekindled my anger toward the Islamofasicsts. I wanted to hear other FReepers' perspectives on faith and forgiveness in that it might help me to come to terms with the sadness that I feel..
My hope is that readers might be able to get beyond this one complaint, which has been mentioned several times now, and consider the greater substance of the article.