i gotta wonder if ppl have not been aging/growing out of organized religion since forever, only no one really noticed bc new converts were taking their place

The only thing that ever got me into a church was a good pastor. The little church I attended as a teen had a wise and thoughtful man nearing retirement that was always good for an interesting sermon. The pastor of the church ours had split off from was brilliant. A PhD in philosophy before he went to the seminary, he was frequently mind blowing. If not for those two, I would never have bothered at all.

In my opinion, people, many of them, are starting to see and realize that Religions, Organized or not, are filled to over-flowing with Bigotry, Misogyny, Homophobia, Discriminations of ALL sorts and kinds, Falsehoods and False promises, etc, etc.

I think people who do leave mostly realized it is just a scam.

Unfortunately, people haven't.