1) People believe that there is a higher power above us, and they want to get to know that higher power better. So they go to church, they learn about the higher power that is called God, and they learn that He is good, kind, and forgiving. But they also learn that He is powerful but slow to anger. Just look at the story of Noah's Ark. God gave his people multiple chances to change, but they would not. So He told his truest believer to build an Ark and put two of every animal in the world on the Ark, and to put Noah's family on the Ark to save them. God then washed the world clean and mankind stared anew. So people are wanting to know the word of the Lord because they want to know that there is something good out there that loves them more than anything in the world. Especially if they have a really bad life back at home.
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