The Layman, Posted Wednesday, March 31, 2010
"Darryl," a 36-year-old Presbyterian minister who says he's "progressive-minded," told interviewers in a study sponsored by the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, "I reject the virgin birth. I reject substitutionary atonement. I reject the divinity of Jesus. I reject heaven and hell in the traditional sense, and I am not alone."
Darryl's rejection of Christian truth qualifies him to join a growing community of "secret disbelief" that has spread among Presbyterian and other denominational clergy. They rarely celebrate their apostasies corporately, but certain code words suggest an affinity with other closeted nonbelievers.
Darryl says he is a "Jesus follower," but he's quick to limit that association: "It is arguable whether I am also a 'Christian.'"
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