Why can the people not believe?

I read in the newspaper this morning that the number of people who don't believe in God or religion is growing. Not that they are atheist but that they just don't care. I'm saddened by this. I'm not sure if it is because they don't believe or the fact that they don't care and don't worry about it. To them, things are just as they are and God has no purpose for them. How sad. Does an unbeliever not look around them in wonder? Or cast an eye to the sky in awe? Shiver at the power behind a drop of water? How can a person look at each individual, whether it be human, animal, or nature and not see how different and complex we all are and that chance does not create this. To think that it is only by chance that the earth and each planet, spins in their own spot, never wavering from where they are suppose to be and that the sun does not extinguish and send us and our entire solar system into a dark, cold existence, is a belief I do not want to hold dear into my heart. God is in control. Why is it so hard for others to not let go and hand the reins of their life over to him? Will they faint on the spot that there is one greater than we can ever truly fathom? I tell you this. They will one day. It is said every knee will bow. Believing in God will not change who they are inside. That person will still be that person. We still live and we will still die. I have seen others change for much worse ideals or actions. It may change, to some point, what they do in life or how they react. But they will still be who they are. Would that be so bad? How wonderful to have someone more powerful than us help us through our day. How more wonderful to know that, in the end, we will see him. I would rather God was with me than against me. So if the percentage of the unbelievers are gaining, reducing the numbers of us praising God, at least, the tiniest pebble will.

Luke 19:

³⁷ Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, ³⁸saying: 


      “‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’^[d]
      Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” 
⁴⁰ But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”