This has been a popular concern for the last few years, and usually the answer I hear is because of the feminization of the church. After reading some articles on what people deem as feminization, I reject this reason. I think it's possibly due to the rise of evangelical atheism or verbal attacks on Christianity - saying things like it's a fairy tale belief for the easily deluded. I suggest this offends men's sense of worth more than women's and may drive them away.
But I really have no idea. Thoughts?
Songbird,
It is very true what you say, but there is a variety of reasons that are recorded in God's word, The Holy Bible.
Dan 12:10, no wicked can understand!!!
At Matthew, chapter 13, there are recorded many reasons that people do not learn righteousness, but it all comes down to the condition of the heart, Matt 13:13-15, 18-23.
Consider a few things that are recorded about the heart, Pv 28:26, Jere 17:9,10.
Matthew and Mark tells us that all the bad things that men do, come from the heart, Matt 12:34-37, 15:18-20, Mark 7:20-23. Paul also mentions something we especially need to guard against, being willfully wicked, Heb 10:26,27.
Not only can we purposely turn away from God, but we can slowly DRIFT away by thinking we are just Too Busy, to read God's word or attend meetings of His people, Heb 2:1-4, 3:12-14, 10:22-25.
There are a Multitude of things today that can cause us not to pay attention to God, we must put our priorities in correct order, if we want God to preserve us through The Great Tribulation, that is very close, even at the door, Rev 7:14, Matt 24:33.