Out of Favor?

I have been involved in a comment thread on one of my favorite blogs the last couple of days about religion. Most people try to avoid the subject with a 10ft pole for obvious reasons. I actually like discussing religion, politics, sexuality. I just don't see how one can form a firm opinion on it if they are afraid to even talk about it. The comment thread went all over the spectrum from gay marriage to women preaching. I couldn't resist putting in my 2 cents, maybe it was even 5 cents by the end of it LOL. Then FTN summed things up and used the phrase "in favor". Out of favor and In favor are phrases that I have used most of my life. It may be terribly simplistic to think in those terms but I do and always have. Which made me wonder, the self discovery, the path I have been on the past year or so, is it bringing me closer to being in favor or out of favor?