He’ll be back.
He’s been in a boy band for 30 years???
Probably the case of never being a Christian to start with. Just going through the motions.
A well-known Christian leader was reading his Bible on a flight when the guy next to him said, “I don’t believe anything in that book. It’s all myths and garbage. I’m an atheist.” Or something like that.
To which the Christian replied, “That means there is a sin in your life that you are not willing to admit or give up IF the Bible were true, and there is a God.”
The man broke down and admitted that the Christian was correct.
Same truth applies here.
Feh. Perdikis quit the band years before anyone heard of them, and he’s just whining sour grapes now. Hope he enjoys his fifteen minutes.
Disappointing.
He never was a Christian.
[I wanted my life to be measured by my music, not be my ability to resist temptation.]
Pride comes before the fall.
Dawkin’s influence?
A life of nonsense.
I find the whole Christians are anti-science meme annoying.
The idea that there is not profound narcissism and egoism in this uber skeptical science groups is staggering.
I don’t think this person was ever Christian and I have read other explanations of this biography that suggest the same conclusion.
This person exploited a Christian band but never personally believed. He played for them because he liked music.
He is making a buck now off of Christian bashing. Big surprise.
I would say that he has a point that, for many Christians, Christianity is little more than a list of don’ts. This creates a bad mindset, imo, because one doesn’t really learn how to live when the reference is nothing more than what not to do.
I think teaching people what to do instead would lead to more success.
"I always felt uncomfortable with the strict rules imposed by Christianity. All I wanted to do was play rock and roll," Perdikis wrote. "And yet, most of the attention I received was focused on how well I maintained the impossible standards of religion. I wanted my life to be measured by my music, not be my ability to resist temptation. "And I'm now an atheist," Perdikis asserted....
....Perdikis co-wrote the band's first two albums and toured with the band up until he left in 1990.
It's been twenty-five years since he ended his involvement with the band, and he only wrote the op-ed because the band appeared in a theatrical movie (their second without him, BTW).
“I always felt uncomfortable with the strict rules imposed by Christianity”
There are no rules imposed by Christianity.
Or at least not by Christ.
Rules in this world are quite draconian, he may find.
Then again, he doesn’t seem that bright.
Sounds like he was a CINO.
The doofus couldn’t think for himself?
“I always felt uncomfortable with the strict rules imposed by Christianity. All I wanted to do was play rock and roll,” Perdikis wrote. “And yet, most of the attention I received was focused on how well I maintained the impossible standards of religion.”
Clearly not a Christian then.
This guy was never a Christian. He was a player with a Christian band and maybe nothing more.
I have looked at the wikipedia.org discography for the band.
Could not find that Mr. Perdikis appeared on any album with the band, though he did pen some of the songs that appeared:
George Perdikis (1985–1987,1989–1990) Left the band before their first album, but co-wrote most of the songs on it.
Also from the Christian Post article above:
"I always felt uncomfortable with the strict rules imposed by Christianity..."
Rules? Imposed? Wow. He must not have been given an accurate representation of Christ's sacrificial love--or he chose not to listen to the Truth.
Also, how does one "quit their job in the Air Force"? In Australia, isn't an enlistment like in the US that you either have to fulfill it or get discharged for medical or disciplinary reasons?
The guys story has a lot of holes in it. Sounds to me like the person who lost their faith because they fell into sin, but has to justify themselves by slamming his former religion and the people that still hold it.
Some of us don’t have enough faith to believe in atheism.
Pray America is waking