Here's some good news."Youth Turned Off by Religion and Politics, Turn Away From Church!"

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Young people are turning away from churches because they associate Christianity with Republican politics, a study reveals.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/youth-turned-off-by-religion-and-politics-turn-away-from-church-71688/

[msongs]

1. more like republicans associate their politics with modern christian practices lol nt

[CoffeeCat]

2. Yes, because people are not as ignorant as they...

...used to be.

Most people see the hypocrisy and ridiculousness behind a lot of religion. They see the harsh
judgmental attitudes and people going to church--but hating groups of people. The Catholic
pedophile scandal has opened many eyes to how corrupt some of these institutions are. Also, the
mindset--that some people go to hell, that non-believers are Satan's minions, that being
compassionate and for social services--is somehow "unChristian"-- are hypocrisies that are too inconsistent
and dishonest for most five year olds.

Our oldest daughter was invited to attend a youth group in our area. A friend that she rarely sees invited her, she wanted to go and we let her go. The first day she came home and said, "Uhhh, mom. The youth pastor told us that anyone who doesn't believe in every word in the Bible is going to hell. I don't believe that and it scares me that anyone would."

Our daughter is twelve.

Much of religion has become absurd, corrupt, political, compassion lacking and a trip down intellectual bizarro land. If there is a God, I doubt he or she is too pleased with what is being said or done in his/her name. It's not spiritual. It's mean and weird.

[Populist_Prole]

4. Interesting you should mention that. I began to think that at about the same age too.

In sunday school. What got me was I didn't really see the fire and brimstone bit so much in the printed words. All the harsh scolding rhetoric was from the adults running/teaching the class. I immediately thought "Who the hell are they to say what's what?" ( in so many words ) I kind of sensed right then and there that it was all BS for the express purpose of controlling others. After I got my confirmation at 13, my parents let me stop attending church. Never went to one since other than for weddings/funerals.

[Warpy]

3. They despaired of my godless generation in the 60s and 70s. We weren't interested

in sitting in some stuffy suburban church, either.

That changed when we had kids and those kids got old enough to feel left out when classmates talked about church groups. One kid could infect the whole class--and did.

I know too many people who still don't believe a word of it who were pestered into going by their kids, found liberal congregations, and stayed there for the company after the kids left home.

In other words, I don't think you can predict the future by looking at 20 somethings.

Sucks, doesn't it?