Anecdata: COVID-19 has also been very helpful to a lot of people I know who are in faith transitions. For example, it was suddenly way easier to stay away from

Anecdata: COVID-19 has also been very helpful to a lot of people I know who are in faith transitions. For example, it was suddenly way easier to stay away from high-pressure faith environments. It also became even more inappropriate for missionaries or members of clergy to show up at the door. Not giving a huge percentage of one's income also became easier to justify (or just try out, see how it feels) because church-owned infrastructure wasn't being used. With road trips and much of travel out of the picture, family tradition pressure also dropped for many. So I'd guess that for a lot of people this has been a life-changing / life-exploring opportunity in the other direction too, whether they resume normal faith-based activities later or not.