As he proceeds with brief glimpses of his past, he enlightens the reader and the grandmother on clues to where he began to lose this faith. Much of The Misfit's expulsion from religion is due to how badly he feels treated during his murder conviction. “I was never a bad boy that I remember” (18) and the authorities “said what I did was kill my father, but I knew that for a lie” (18-19) . The Misfit claims, but he was punished. regardless, which indicates to him some sort of inconsistency with the Christian promise that morally good people do not suffer as he did during his imprisonment. or cut the last sentence and separate it to be more concise) He acknowledges that praying would most likely bring him some sort of moral satisfaction or salvation from sin, but asserts "I don't want help" (19). This shows how he has lost touch with religion and no longer sees the benefit of having faith in Christianity due to the lack of help he received during his difficult times in prison. The Misfit concludes his denunciation of Christianity by asserting that Jesus had “unbalanced everything” (21) and made a mistake in resurrecting the dead. The fact that one man could make the work of Jesus a problem in society demonstrates a loss of faith in Christianity, a belief system based on the idea that Jesus Christ saved society. The core of The Misfit's conflict with religion lies in the view that he, a morally sound and religiously faithful man, has been wronged, punished, and failed by the promises to save him from suffering made by the religion in which he once had confidence. In this way, The Misfit lost his faith in religion due to the emotionally and physically difficult times he endured throughout the process of his life.