I've stopped going to Church for a while.

So, I've stopped going to church for a while. Here is a list of reasons why:

• I teach Sunday school occasionally and no one really prepares for the lesson. Graduate school has ruined any perception of class time for me. We always prepare for class, read the prescribed material, generate questions, and want to LEARN. Why doesn't anyone else want to learn?
• The pastor at my church was a crook. He stole several thousand dollars from the church. Actually, the estimates range from $8000 to $1,000,000. I'm not really sure what the real value is. Unfortunately, he has some dirt on the church so the "session" has decided not pursue the matter legally. I don't get the Presbyterian manner of church rule.
• I disagree with the establishment of a church as a matter of principal. The institutions that we call churches are not biblical. I don't think God ever desired a group of followers who are led by one person (i.e., the modern church).
• The people at the church are too busy to let anyone else in their lives or to get involved in anyone else's life.
• Some church people can be really creepy.
• Some church people are really shallow.
• The church is too closely tied to political ideologies. The church has become a whore for the right-wing establishment. That's just wrong.

This is a preliminary list and I hope to expound on each of these matters in greater depth over the next couple of weeks.

No shit!