In time, however, he realized the futility in their thinking. in their believing. His guilt turned him against this church, and every other church, too. I doubt he'll ever return. Why? Not because he's quit believing in God. He hasn't. He, like so many, has been hurt by beliefs that are just plain wrong. In this instance, he was misled to believe that, had he had enough faith, she would have been healed. When she died instead, he was left with no other conclusion but that his mother's death was his fault, the consequence of his too little faith.