Earlier today, Austin Carlile has opened up about his faith, journey and religious beliefs as well as the backlash he receives for being very outspoken about it.
Via his Twitter, the former Of Mice & Men frontman explains that it “may not be ‘cool’ to believe” and that whenever he speaks out about anything regarding religion on social media, a lot of people unfollow him.
However he himself firmly believes that faith is capable of changing people for the better and is therefore an important matter to address.
As an example, he followed this up with a thread about the way this applies to his life.
You can read the entire series of tweets expressing his thoughts below.
I turned my back on Christ @ 17 when He took my Mom. Literally ran out of hospital, threw head & middle fingers in air screaming “F*CK YOU!”
— Austin Carlile (@austincarlile) 17 July 2017
The next 24 hours I tried drugs, drinking, & sex for the first time. In the next week almost went to juvenile correction for breaking &…
— Austin Carlile (@austincarlile) 17 July 2017
… entering, grand theft auto, aggravated AND felonious assault… Followed by 10 years of alcoholism, drug use, loads of promiscuous sex &
— Austin Carlile (@austincarlile) 17 July 2017
