Have you ever seen the pastor spend time with the down and out members of the congregation after the service? They never do. They hang around the influential ones, the ones who tithe by direct debit from their account. The influential people, the doctors, vets, solicitors, business people. Old Mrs Jones, the pensioner gets a cursory handshake and thank you for coming, the lesser mortals, those unkempt ones who happen to drop in for a bit of comfort get ignored by the congregation and the clergy. Jesus would have done the opposite.
It is only about money and Islamophobia.
I know because I was there, first hand experience.
Like Tanya, I asked questions and discovered that sheep don't question. I was only half brainwashed. I think once you are fully brainwashed, it's so much harder to break away.
It's always the same defence when one of their own wake up and see the light, she wants to ruin the church by spreading untruths, when in fact she is spreading the truth.
Do you think we will ever save longy from himself?
What you should do longy is pretend to leave the church, you don't really have to leave, just don't go for a couple of weeks and put some rumours out that you might not be coming back, Tell them you are reading material that opposes the church's viewpoint.
The pastor might come around and have a little chat to convince you the devil is doing his work in you, you must tithe more and pray more to fight the devil. If you are not a good wage earner, your 10% is not even worth a visit.
It's just an experiment at this stage remember. Just see how many of your church pals get in contact to see if you're ok. Maybe after six weeks the pastor has given up and the church people look the other way when they see you. By this time you are starting to think for yourself, those people never really cared about me.
You are now starting to search for knowledge, the kind of knowledge that people like Tanya Levin will give you. Keep searching, keep reading. Now you are free!
It's just an experiment, you don't have to do it you know