In Why I Left the Ministry, Runyon offers his thinking behind his decision to leave God, who he claims he talked to daily, over an intellectual dispute. Though universalism might not promote atheism outright, Runyon certainly did. He chose rationality over superstition, the latter which he claims to be the root of prayer. Runyon was watching people spend money on religion without supporting principles the religion was preaching, causing him to pivot to a broader, inclusive application of spirituality.
I am so grateful not having the capacity to think Big.
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