There are lots of reasons to stay away. A mother wrote in Readers' Digest that she once asked her young son what was the highest number he had ever counted to. Some people do not bother with church because they think they are too good for it. They have gotten the message that unless they meet a certain social standard, unless they wear certain kinds of clothes, unless they drive certain kinds of cars, unless they live in a certain kind of home, unless they make a certain amount of money, we do not want them. If they have ever had any kind of marital difficulties or problems with the law, we would prefer they stay away.
Churches sometimes can be exceedingly cold, and that is sad.
I will grant the church is NOT all that it ought to be. But, apologies to the Governor, it is tremendously MORE than any other organization has ever been. Millions of lives have been changed by the message preached and taught in the church through the years. People have been challenged to reach new heights in their relationships to both God and neighbor. Christian missionaries have gone to the far reaches of the globe sharing the gospel as they healed the sick, taught people how to read and write, brought new and better tools for the improvement of life.