Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled.
Nothing has changed that view in the ensuing decades.
“Most religions are there to control people and get money from them,” said Dulak, now 76, of Rocheport, Missouri. He also cited sex abuse scandals in Catholic and Southern Baptist churches. “I can’t buy into that,” he said.
I don’t think people are interested in going to a place every Sunday and hearing about how they’re going to hell.
Would you rather waste a few hours listening to an old pedophile tell you you’re going to be tortured for eternity, or do literally anything else with your day off? Tough choice truly.