“My parents made me go to church when I was a child.” That’s the excuse some people give for not going to church. If they were honest, they’d quit blaming their parents and admit that they don’t go to church because they don’t see any need for it.
Their parents made them do a lot of other things they haven’t quit doing. They still take a bath. They still brush their teeth. The reason they keep doing these things is that they see social and economic value in them. They don’t see a personal need for church. It’s that simple.
Obviously as these people grew up, either because of the shallowness of their church, the overbearing attitude of their parents, or their own rebellion, they failed to see the value of church that t...