Amen, He is. Praise God.
I just do not understand how someone goes from being a pastor to being an avowed atheist. It makes no sense to me.
It actually makes a great deal of sense. Begin with a false notion of what the Scriptures actually are, and a false notion of how to read and interpret them. Then apply those false notions to the actual Scriptures. Find that the Scriptures are not at all congruent with what the false notions suggest that the Scriptures should be. Conclude, therefore, that the Scriptures themselves are false (rather than the notions).
If the Scriptures are false, then Christianity, Judaism, and Mohammedanism are also false and must be rejected.
Polytheism is ridiculous on its face.
Buddhism is a largely non-theistic philosphy.
Outright atheism is not a far stretch at all.
Sin and his condemnation in it. Some people love sin so much that when they feel the condemnation for it they do not run to the savior they run from him and accuse him of their sin.
Blaspheming of the holy spirit is the only sin not accounted for by Christ Blood. It is what the blasphemer wants, to be held personally accountable for it for eternity not accepting the sacrifice.
Sad, really sad.
My sister proudly claims that she is an athiest. One day, she asked me if that made me mad or uncomfortable. I said, “Why should it, you’re the one going to hell, not me.”
That shut her up.
>>I just do not understand how someone goes from being a pastor to being an avowed atheist. It makes no sense to me.
It makes more sense than you think. Many pastors have lost their faith and are just going through the motions because that is their vocation. In most cases, it is what they got their degree(s) in and they’ve never worked in another job since college. If they can’t retire, they just reuse old sermons, drone through the sacraments, and act as a social worker to their congregation. I could imagine that some would get angry and become an atheist, especially the “shaking-fist-at-the-God-I-don’t-believe-in” type of atheist we find today.
Another so called atheist devoting their life to religion.
I don’t believe in astrology, but I can’t imagine devoting myself to a life of debunking it.
Sounds more like they are mad at God than true atheists.
It isn’t hard to understand. He prayed for something and didn’t get it and now his wittle feewings are hurt.
Sin, unresolved, unconfessed, ongoing sin.
There are generally two paths: either the man was never a Christian and thought being a pastor would be a job he would be good at, or he fell from the faith when he encountered trials, tribulations, losses and disappointments. It's the parable of the sower of the seeds.