I"m not sure I understand. I clicked on it and read the story, and I wasn't asked to pay anything.

Here's the gist of it...(and no, not paywalled...that's the WaPo, and NYTimes....these guys just hit you with a lot of pop-up ads.

I also don't see your claim of "profanity-laced"...he used "sh....ty" a few times...but otherwise an eloquent proclamation;

"Missouri megachurch pastor Dave Gass stepped down from his position after 40 years and renounced his Christian faith, reported the Christian Post.

“After 40 years of being a devout follower, 20 of those being an evangelical pastor, I am walking away from the faith. Even though this has been a massive bomb drop in my life, it has been decades in the making,” he tweeted.

The tweets have since been made private, but a screenshots of the tweets were posted on Reddit.

“When I was in 8th grade and I was reading Greek mythology, it dawned on me how much of the supernatural interactions between the deity of the Bible and mankind sounded like ancient mythology. That seed of doubt never went away,” he added.

It went on to explain that even though he was a committed Christian that it could not help or save his marriage.

“I was fully devoted to studying the scriptures. I think I missed maybe 12 Sundays in 40 years. I had completely memorized 18 books of the Bible and was reading through the bible for the 24th time when I walked away,” he wrote.

“As an adult my marriage was a sham and a constant source of pain for me. I did everything I was supposed to – marriage workshops, counseling, Bible reading together, date nights every week, marriage books – but my marriage never became what I was promised it would be,” he said.

He then added that the church was a place of abuse for him, and that church people are “sh*tty” people.

“The entire system is rife with abuse. And not just from the top down, sure there are abusive church leaders, but church leaders are abused by their congregants as well. Church people are just sh*tty to each other,” he tweeted.

Adding, “I spent my entire life serving, loving, and trying to help people in my congregations. And the lies, betrayal, and slander I have received at the hands of church people left wounds that may never heal.”

[albertmohler.com] Clergy who don't believe

Most of them don't believe any of the bullshits that are in the bible. Can anyone tell me of an easier job where one can enrich himself and live in a big house and drive a fancy car. It's a business, nothing more. How many of us have had jobs that we hate doing, but the bills have to get paid. It's a sweet deal with mega financial rewards.

I remember reading somewhere that the Richard Dawkins site for science and reason, in raising money for its activities, provides support for religious clerics and similar who have renounced their religion and need support. I remember reading it and thinking this was use of atheist resources for a good cause.

@David1955
Agree.

Isn't it: "Row" to hoe?

@twill
Not sure.

Can you imagine how hard it must have been, for all those years, trying and failing to achieve all the milestones that you have been taught faith should give you? I would think it was with great despair that he gave up and walked away.

@altschmerz I tend to believe it. Get rich than get out.

@noworry28 True of any enterprise. I Wish I could have done it.........

@altschmerz Thank you!

@altschmerz I'm sure all those shitty people will be really nice to him now that he has renounced Christianity. LOL Ironies on top of ironies.

@greyeyed123

I kinda doubt that. They may clean up their act within the congregation, but I am sure they will treat this guy like he has a lethal and highly contagious disease.

KKGator - You are probably right, your anti-ware is blocking it, and rightfully so.

@Heathenman I was being ironic.