Ask Americans what their religion is, and nearly 1 in 3 say this -- none. That’s according to the U.S. adults surveyed by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled.

Nothing has changed that view in the ensuing decades.

“Most religions are there to control people and get money from them,” said Dulak, now 76, of Rocheport, Missouri. He also cited sex abuse scandals in Catholic and Southern Baptist churches. “I can’t buy into that,” he said.

  • @M0ty
    -4•9 months ago

    Good job on discovering dispensationalism. About LGBT, there isn’t a single place in Bible, old or new testament where isn’t put in a positive light

    • @givesomefucksEnglish
      7•9 months ago

      About LGBT, there isn’t a single place in Bible, old or new testament where isn’t put in a positive light

      It’s hard to tell what you were trying to say, but any attempt to clarify that is going to make it really easy to point out how wrong you are.

      So I don’t expect you to even try

      Btw:

      For anyone wondering what “dispensationalism” means, it’s a thing Christians invented so they can ignore the parts of the bible that they don’t agree with. While saying the parts they do believe in are the literal words of God and have to be followed.

      It’s a shitty cop out

    • @SuddenlyBlowGreen
      6•9 months ago

      About LGBT, there isn’t a single place in Bible, old or new testament where isn’t put in a positive light

      That’s just simple not true.

      In the old testament it says that all homosexuals must be killed, and in the new testament that homosexuals cannot go to heaven.

      How is that a positive light?