Christianity: deceleration lane

The Pentacostals have stolen three years of my adult life -- those last beautiful adolescent years that are spent discovering self, discovering the world. Oh, but for the lost 6-month backpacking and drinking tour of Europe, triteness aside!
Now, looking back, I regret those three years with great regret. I tried so hard to believe, to buy into all of it. Dutifully and diligently I supressed my misgivings.

The gospel truth is that I -- as lost, misguided, and naturally moral as I may be -- cannot believe in such a thing as Pentacostal Christianity. It is just too freaky.