You may ask, Is that even possible? Could the pastor of a Christian church actually be a non-believer? Yes, sad to say, there are such pastors.
Atheists Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola conducted a study through Tufts University (published in 2010) to find some of these people and figure out what makes them tick.
One of them, Wes, works at teaching his children that Bible stories are fiction like any other stories, and thinks that there may be some sort of use for the word "God" (perhaps in poetry) even though he believes there's no such being. His mission is to build "liberal values" into his church members. He used to feel like a poser for being a Christian minister who does not believe in Christianity, but it doesn't bother him much anymore.
Another atheist minister, Rick, just felt comfortable being around the Christian community, went to seminary to have good discussions, and sort of fell into the religious profession.
One by the name of Darryl says, "“I reject the virgin birth. I reject substitutionary atonement. I reject the divinity of Jesus. I reject heaven and hell in the traditional sense . . I am a ‘Jesus Follower’ for sure." One can only ask, what makes him think he's a Jesus follower??
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