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  Evangelical churches basically prey (pun?) on prison populations and drug-addicts to boost numbers. They talk a big game about helping people, but it turns out all they care about is the numbers—“saving your soul” doesn’t mean “actually helping you become a morally better person now”, it just means you repeat a bunch of rituals and superstitious nonsense and then get to claim superiority over those who don’t do that, regardless of what else you do.
  It’s gross.
context: Did she think they were cats on the counter or something >
  
  Maybe she thought they would burst into flames or melt or something. >
  
  Wouldn't surprise me. When I told my mom I'm an atheist she was worried it would be painful to go into the church. >
  
  Does she realize that's basically admitting that her version of God is holding her hostage? >
  
  She, eventually, came to her own peace with it. Took like 10 years but eventually she just told me "you're a better person than most of the people I go to church with, so I know god won't punish you for doubting". We got along great for about 10 years after that and then she drowned in Florida. >
  
  
  "you're a better person than most of the people I go to church with,
  
  I wish more church folk figured this out.  Because it's true, frequently.  Like all the damn time.  It's almost as if all these people that cling to church as a declaration that they're good people, really aren't the good people they claim to be.
  No insult to your mom of course.  I know church going folk that are good people.  But they're in the minority. >
  
  Yeah, growing up and seeing how big of a difference there was between her and the people all around us that just used church as a shield for their shitty behavior was a big part of what got me to realize it's all bullshit.