Nice post on devotion.
I’ve questioned it a lot myself.
Why is worship dying?
Well, think about what’s offered…
A group of people studying life applications of morals, ethics and applying guilt while singing songs to an invisible entity (which insists no other invisible entities exist….) Or… checking out their cellphone and working on their resume.
People used to worry more about the afterlife. That’s because the life expectancy was 39 and the only way to gain eternal happiness was to tell all your dirty secrets to the church.
Nice racket, huh? Now you wanna know why Faith has been lost?
Faith is an act. A verb.
To act, you need belief first.
People don’t even believe in morals or ethics or philosophy anymore, let alone religion.
You’d have better luck arranging a D&D game in your garage these days, or a fantasy football league. 🤷♂️ Truth.