But this "intimate and vital bond of man to God" (GS 19 # 1) can be forgotten, overlooked, or even explicitly rejected by man. 3 Such attitudes can have Different causes: revolt against Evil in the world; Religious ignorance or indifference; the Cares and riches of this world; the scandal of bad Example on the part of Believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; Finally, that attitude of Sinful man which makes him hide from God out of fear and flee his call. 4