What would you do if your pastor announced that he no longer believes in God? It happens. It stands to reason, also, that people who really study religion could come to understand its true nature and cease to believe the mythological aspects of it.
Have you thought about the pastor? What about him? He's stuck with a single skill and a family to feed.
This is an interesting site that publicizes this problem and lends support to enlightened clergy who can no longer pretend.
What would you do? Would you understand and still regard him with love or would you resent him and dislike him?
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