There is an article that is being passed around in which a woman named Teresa has found a slice of fame.  I will paste the URL later.

Since I use a mobile device to run WordPress, often I cannot find a place to leave a reply.  So I will use this blog entry instead.  Perhaps all the better, it is likely to be slightly wordy.

Teresa served as a pastor in, what the writer called, the church, for many years.  I believe it may be more accurate to say she served a congregation of people.   I say that since neither the one making the report nor I know anything about the congregation of people which Teresa served.

The article sites that she had worked under her father who was also a pastor.  And the author of the article wrongly assumes that Teresa was a Christian.

Teresa never did believe in God.  Teresa believed in religion.  The difference is blatant to one who believes in God.  But I recognize that the world will not be able to make the distinction.

Religion is simply man working out his own version of God in his life.  Since Teresa went on to work in humanist communities, I assume Teresa’s religion valued benevolence.  As is a natural outcome of such a mind you find her working in that field.  But she is no more an addition to atheism than those who have been atheist for decades.

Those who “believe in” God however are an entirely different breed of critter.  The phrase “believe in” actually tends to help a great deal when discussing this matter.  The Christian will believe inside of God. 

Teresa believed in religion.  And other than the name of her new found group, she did not change vocation.  What Teresa did change was the necessity for a continued lie.  And in a rather vibrant way, her choice to resign is admirable.

Likewise someone who believes in God will not deviate from that belief.  The reason will be a mystery to the world.  But it is widely and thoroughly understood by those who believe in God.

What initiates religious work is the desire of man to do good among men.  There by religious people hope that their work will please God.

But those who believe in God do so because God has chosen them himself.  Such people do not do their work from their own imagination.  They are gifted and led by God himself to accomplish God’s will. 

And I will add this, though I know the world will not understand.  What God has chosen belongs to God and cannot be taken away or lost. 

I am aware that this article draws many questions to mind.  And I am also aware that I may not be the one to answer them.  One may fair far better asking those questions of a man who is gifted to be a pastor or a teacher.

As I said,here is the url to the article about which I have written many words.  http://atheistassessment.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/pastor-turned-atheist-teresa-macbain-caught-in-resume-fabrication/

My tiny article is not intended to be a treatise on the subject.  I only wanted to address that there is a difference between religions and Christians.