There's a common misperception that worshipping the devil and worshipping God are somehow opposites. They are, in fact, very similar. I've had countless acquaintances from my past who took great pride in their Satanist beliefs. It's just a matter of time before their foolish belief in one imaginary deity switched to another less evil one. I resent being lumped into such an overused, non-Christian stereotype.
People learn and grow from hardships.
I'm sorry Alice, there is absolutely no way to convince someone to believe what you believe without preaching and that is the most distasteful element of Christianity that there is. It wasn't the hypocrites cramming their righteous beliefs down my throat that caused me to think how I do. It's the general outrageousness of it all combined with the flakes who need something to bow down to that made me decide for myself already.