Why I Left Christianity- An Essay

In all actuality it began in late June 2019, when at a church camp I had come craving for some great spiritual awakening or change in my life, only to be gently persecuted for the metal that I was listening to and walk away from that week having gained nothing. Then, I was forced to return to the world with my sexist, homophobic, conservative, youthpastor shoving his ideologies down my throat. This continued through me being forced to attend that church every freakin' Sunday during the most stressful and unrelenting part of my life yet, my dad getting hungover every Sunday we didn't go, seeing them have increasingly right-winged political beliefs as I became a radical Bernie-believing socialist, and when on the last day that I ever willingly went to church, my pastor said, and I quote, "God is not okay with people being gay.", I laughed for a solid five minutes and proceeded to ignore every word he might have to say... However, even then it wasn't till exactly six days later on March 7th, 2020, that during a metal concert I felt the exact same feeling which for so long I had been told could only be experienced inside a church. At that moment I knew I had been lied to all my life, and decided to never again step inside one of those accursed buildings. Also, Ear Biscuits (a podcast with Rhett and Link, the people behind Good Mythical Morning and the greater company of Mythical Entertainment) Episodes 224-227 and 229-230 really helped me see the flaws in the doctrine I had been taught so long.  Remember, I may be have been an aspiring comedian, but they, THEY, are the real fool.