I was pressured by my Southern Baptist family to take that walk down the aisle at the conclusion of a church service and speak with a preacher with bad breath at the age of 9.
I subsequently figured out the scam, had to endure more of the same until age 18, at which point I moved out and never darkened the door of a church again, except for weddings and funerals, and only did that under protest.
I saw through the whole thing at an early age.
Now, at age 61, I have no regrets.
What does “darkening the door of a church” have to do with salvation anyway? But if you have no desire to be saved for eternity it would be a total waste of time to “darken the door of a church” anyway right?