Puzzling...

I have noticed, and found out this is true across the country, that parishioners, once they determine that the church no longer is teaching proper doctrine, still remain in it. The usual explanation for this is that "they don't like change..." That might be true, but I think a bit of legalism is involved. It might not be a main reason, but it occurred to me as a possibility. It might be they are attributing salvation and/or "church-ly functions" only to the place and not the Word of God. I am not sure if this fits, but it might shed some light on the reluctance to leave, even though a church has fallen far from the Truth. Food for thought...