"It is also deeply disturbing to most Christians, including me."
I would ask him - why?
Jesus asked, "when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" The implication seems to be that no, he won't find much. My guess from the Bible is that Christianity will decline, while Islam will increase, and secularism could go either way. The decline of Christianity should be seen as inevitable to a Christian.
The answer to why Christianity is declining in the U.S. could be - to a Christian - that God is largely done with the U.S.
I would ask him - why?
Jesus asked, "when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" The implication seems to be that no, he won't find much. My guess from the Bible is that Christianity will decline, while Islam will increase, and secularism could go either way. The decline of Christianity should be seen as inevitable to a Christian.
The answer to why Christianity is declining in the U.S. could be - to a Christian - that God is largely done with the U.S.