> My pet theory is that the decline of churches has less to do with the secularization of culture and more to do with the fact that they're not very entertainin

> My pet theory is that the decline of churches has less to do with the secularization of culture and more to do with the fact that they're not very entertaining or engaging relative to whatever else you could be doing on your weekend. The (excellent) book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman made a similar point. Basically, the characteristics of communication mediums have a strong influence on the content (e.g. television has to entertain), and as certain mediums get popular, they set up corrosive expectations (e.g. learning has to be fun, so people reject learning things that may be important and valuable but aren't entertaining). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death