And perhaps they are right.

Jesus, there are so many people who call themselves non-believers and yet have an immense and unacknowledged desire to believe. They fear approaching the church, the priests, out of fear that they will be "indoctrinated." They are afraid of losing some of their freedom, also of their freedom of thought; that they will receive pre-prepared answers from manuals, and they may be right.

(Ermes Ronchi, Key Questions of the Gospel)