I don't trust you . I have no idea what you preachers do in secret. Maybe you are just like Jim Bakker or Jimmy Swaggart. I'm not so sure I want to bow down before a preacher. The whole idea of going to the altar doesn't fit my therapeutic model of how people change.
People change gradually over years or at least months.
A Twelve Step group or a counselor can help. If you want to help me, forget this altar call and start a support group. These and other thoughts pass through the minds of an increasing number of people when we give altar calls today. Yet, I often still give them. Because people still come.