Why I left the church

[06:43] Brontes: What religion were you before you turned furry? :)
[06:42] Ristin: I was "uniting church" until I turned 7 and was old enough to realize it was nonsense. I doubted since I was 5 though... Funnily enough people use the fact I am a furry and gay to explain why I am not Christian but the truth is the reason is Christian behavior. Here in Australia I saw people preaching that Jesus is great and peaceful and merciful and tolerant...and that he gives Christians a right to judge and condemn and be intolerant and act superior and be proideful. They said poverty and charity were admirable but the clergy dwelt in opulent temple-palaces (churches looked that way to me when I was a child). I became a furry at 22 or so, long after leaving Christianity.
[06:43] Brontes: well done Ristin. :)
[06:43] Ristin: Uniting church is a alliance of the methodist church and the 'smaller absorbed one' that had been feuding and the conflict was enough to cause street violence in my parents and grandparents time
[06:43] Brontes: Don't worry about Catholicism. We were raised with magic and crapola. As a result we believe anything.
[06:44] Ristin: I couldn't be a Christian because I care about others too much, don't think I am perfect and am willing to let other people live their own lives.
[06:44] Ristin: (mind if I post that conversation in LJ later?)
[06:46] Brontes: :)
[06:46] Brontes: Please do.