I was doing some thinking on the whole "third place"[0] problem today, and reading this I wonder if it's possible we have it backwards. Maybe people don't go to church because they no longer have the time (or the need) for the third place, as opposed to people no longer having a third place because of not going to church (or a bar, bowling alley, whatever). Maybe it's a privilege and not a need as people thought about it pre-Internet, and since you can see people any time you want from home, you don't have the incentive to go see them live.