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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read his account on IG and quite frankly I admire his bravery. It has to be extraordinary daunting to come out as an atheist when you have built up a huge base of supporters who follow and support you strictly for your Christianity. [/quote]
I've read this about his bravery and courage, too, but I don't see it. He explicitly says he felt it was a good time to drop this bomb on his fan base because they were no longer making any records or touring, i.e., no longer making money. Seems more like a coward to me. Now that his fans are no longer making any money, he probably has his eyes on a different crowd to make money from.

I was amused by his statement, "I hope this isn't the end of the conversation, but the beginning," but then later said, "I don't want a debate." He asks questions -- which are trite and superficial and have actual theological responses -- but doesn't want any answers.

This guy was never a Christian. Christians don't renounce their faith (1 John 2:19). He's been duping people for profit his entire professional career. By his own admission, he didn't like praying, didn't like going to church and didn't like reading the Bible. Christians like doing these things. He pretended because it brought him a certain amount of adulation and money and because he wanted to be a rock star.

As a Christian, this thing makes me angry. I hope he actually finds the LORD, but he has never been a believer, and now he wants to be held up as some kind of wise, enlightened post-Christian who can critique the faith. He has nothing to offer in this regard. He's a poser and a coward.[/quote]

Thank you for that analysis. It was very Christ-like.[/quote]
Your sarcasm is noted, but it's also misplaced. There's nothing un-Christlike about criticizing someone like Jon Steingard. The Bible doesn't have anything good to say about false preachers like this, either.

Steingard's Instagram post is self-centered and self-serving. He admits he's been exploiting actual Christians for personal gain for quite awhile now. And instead of just quitting it, he uses his platform as a means to deliver a sermon of apostasy to the very people who have supported him for years. It's nothing but a big eff you aimed directly at people he apparently holds in contempt. He's been pretending he's something he's not, and, oh, look at that, he made money and fame doing it.

And he thinks he's being [i]honest[/i]? I'm sure he's enjoying all the new adulation for his supposed bravery and honesty. He's so refreshing.

This is nauseating. In addition to poser and coward, I'll add opportunist. What a joke.
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