Sam,

I would think all readers including myself knew what you meant. I was not picking  on your grammar. The point I was making was that even long time, regular church attenders can spend very little of their life connecting to spiritual matters. The effect of the time  NOT spent in that manner wars against it. Most SDA members really don't spend much time in spiritual matters, study, meditation. Talking with them at potluck or the brief time at church bears that out.  I have talked to SS teachers who say that don't even look at the SS lesson. I have heard SS teachers who will even say in class that they didn't have much time to prepare for the lesson. Have you ever waited till Friday night to prepare for your sermon? I worked with SDA preachers who did that.