evidence: Favoring governmental expression of religious belief. [...] Pretty soon, though, Christianity became dissatisfying to me on an intellectual and personal level. Frankly, it wasn’t deep enough for me. Christianity was a religion of cognitive closure, dogma and certainty, and often stubborn and non-negotiable certitude, particularly for those whom it considered "good" or "bad," "acceptable" or "unacceptable." It was phenomenally judgmental, absolutist and close-minded in practice, not given to questions, doubt and reason, by and large. It relied on scripture and the aphoristic sayings of its founders, rather than reason, intellect and pragmatic, present-centered compassionate moral understanding of the world and people as they are. It was prone to authoritarianism, centralized, undemocratic control, and rigidity, and seemed to encourage superficiality and rah-rah boosterism in many of its adherents, while only occasionally prompting intense personal transformation, and even then, without clear guidance for transformation, other than reading Bible verses and identifying with Christ, who upon my examination, seemed only partially interested in non-judgmental, compassionate love, and primarily interested in asserting his own authority and primacy over others. Christ and Christianity seemed more about power than love, in other words, completely hypocritical to its supposed founding principles. [...] Christianity has not earned my trust or the trust of the world to allow me to rest easy with these questions. Those Christians who believe Christ would or should do these harms are harming others in Christ’s name, and this is another reason there must be "a wall of separation between church and state."