>>665767
>They grow up in homes without a father figure which makes them hate authority i.e. God.
Fathers are unbelievably important to a child's development. A Swiss study from a while ago showed that if children attend church with just their father, then they are most likely to continue church attendance in adulthood, even more so than when both parents are regular attendants, but with single mothers it almost entirely disappears.
https://opentheword.org/2014/06/16/swiss-study-shows-fathers-are-important-to-a-childs-church-attendance/
>Not surprisingly, in families where neither parent attended church, only 4% of their children became regular attendees, 15% were classified as irregular attendees and over 80% did not attend at all.
>The numbers improved when the mother attended church regularly and the father not at all. In these families, 2% of their children went on to attend services regularly, 37% attended irregularly and 61% not at all. It showed that the mother’s faithful attendance had a positive influence on future church attendance by her children.
>There was a dramatic increase in regular church attendance, when both dad and mom attended church regularly. In these families, 33% of their children attend regularly, 41% irregularly and 26% did not attend at all.
>When dad was an irregular attendee and the mother regular, 3% of the children were regular church attendees, 59% irregular and 38% did not attend at all.
>However, one of the most stunning statistics showed up in when the father was more faithful in church attendance than the mother. In homes where the father was a regular church attendee and the mother irregular, 38% of the children went on to regularly attend church, 44% attended irregularly and 18% did not attend at all.