I can respect that. I will always advocate for (when possible) people finding healthy worldviews within their tradition over abandoning them.

Hence my use of "mostly rejected" and "antiquated."

However, I believe there are still ideological echoes of those older beliefs in most of Christianity and those beliefs still tend towards an eagerness to blame bodies for sin. You're welcome to disagree, but that's my opinion.

...Manicheans and is still vaguely extant in other forms, like original sin and purity culture.

I didn't single out Catholics in this. The majority of Protestants descend from Augustine's antiquated conclusions as well. The (now mostly rejected) Traducian idea that an infant's soul is the product of their parents' souls, thus inheriting their sin specifically in that manner came from the...

Absolutely.

...made me a liar to people who believed they were trusting me with eternal things. Continuing in the ministry would have misrepresented those whose faith hadn't wavered. In good conscience, I couldn't pretend to believe.

...Holy Spirit, being able to give a response to anyone who asks, being sanctified by God's love, were actually present. I believed as long as I could, until the cognitive dissonance became painfully obvious, and I simply had to admit, I didn't believe anymore, and pretending that I did...

Short answer: After 40ish years of dedicating myself to faith and service in the Church, after leading people to Jesus, baptizing them in his name, and proclaiming that Jesus is Lord, I could no longer believe that the proofs of Christianity, being known for love, exhibiting the fruits of the...

Saaaame.

Hittin' the tomatoes extra hard, are ya?