Article: "Why Are Young People Leaving Evangelical Christianity?"
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Article: "Why Are Young People Leaving Evangelical Christianity?"
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February 27, 2012 at 6:50 pm
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
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February 27, 2012 at 6:51 pm
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2012 at 6:52 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
No shit? For some reason I thought you were an atheist when you walked in the door.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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February 27, 2012 at 7:09 pm
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2012 at 7:10 pm by NoMoreFaith.)
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February 27, 2012 at 9:47 pm
When you consider how fast information is multiplying, how available it is and how popular digital devices are among young people it isn't surprising that fundies are finding it hard to keep them down on the farm. My religious cousin home schools her kids in order to control what ideas they come into contact with. Of course she is just as afraid of what textbooks and teachers may say as she is of their would-be peers. The gap widens ever further and faster between those who try to step away from the modern world and the rest of us.
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February 28, 2012 at 8:33 am
Answer: "They dont want their future children raped?"
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February 28, 2012 at 8:36 am
Evangelical Christianity has nothing to offer them??
Just saying. 
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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February 28, 2012 at 8:57 am
Answer: "They actually appreciate intelligent discussion?"
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February 28, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Well, really, I think it has a lot to do with the younger generations being the least religious of any which has come before. Why this is has probably a lot to do with rejecting all the old traditional beliefs and being dragged to boring church services, not to mention that conservative Christians tend to be way out of touch with society at large. I mean, they're still trying to control people's sex lives if their poster boy Santorum is any indication, while young people rightly see nothing wrong with recreational but safe sex. Add to this easy access to information that the internet offers, and it's easy for people who are having doubts of faith to find websites with information which shows that what's being preached from the pulpit every Sunday isn't the truth. I think without the internet this information would be a lot harder to come by. Not only that, but they soon realize that they're not alone in their disbelief and don't feel like they have to just keep going along with it. They can live as an atheist without feeling like they're the only one.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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February 28, 2012 at 1:46 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2012 at 1:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Yeah they used to hide all this stuff in places called "Libraries". Apparently you had to be able to both read and count to use them..elitists.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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February 28, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Makes me wonder when evangelicals will come out with a browser that will block out anything they don't want their flock to see.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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