I just cannot help but feel as though [Christianity]....

“ I just cannot help but feel as though [Christianity] cheapens life. After all, what we must conclude at the end of the day is this disheartening and somewhat debilitating possibility: everything you think, feel, hope for, long for, experience, taste, smell, touch, learn, comprehend, discover, create, work toward, work on, and do, means absolutely nothing to the Christian God if you do not have faith in Jesus. ”

Michael Vito Tosto

From : Portrait of an Infidel: The Acerbic Account of How a Passionate Christian Became an Ardent Atheist