"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).
He may have left his boy band in 1990 but he still needs to grow up.