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Nonsense! We see some our brightest and most driven kids being the most serious about their Christian walk.
From experience I can agree with this .
Then they leave and go to college , and the OP shows what tends to happen when out on their own thinking for themselves and experiencing life on their terms
I'm sorry, but I was a Southern Baptist for 20+ yrs. , a deacon, and a Sunday School teacher . So when I say I simply don't believe what you say , it comes from experience in multiple churches over the course of two decades . Perhaps you are just blind to what goes on, I don't know . That these are what is taught is beyond dispute .
Please provide a link to a SBaptist church proclaiming a belief in evolution or an acceptance of gay lifestyles .
I' ll be waiting . Without the accompanying danger of holding my breath
I have belonged to 3 SB churches over my 50+ years, the current for 20 years. I am a music minister for my current church. I see things from the inside.
We do not teach YEC or old earth, officially. That's left up to individual teachers/believers. I have no idea what our pastor believes, nor do I care. We also do NOT degrade gays. We do however, teach traditional marriage.
It's often the more successful, established, traditional (heterosexual, Republican, corporate ladder climbing upper-middle class white male with a wife and 3 well above average kids and sporting a luxury sedan and large home) person who is churchgoing. To anyone who varies from that "tradition", church can be intimidating, and make the social and economic divide starkly apparent. Someone who is less traditionally "traditional" may think that they're not welcome because they don't fit the mold of success, as they believe the church sees it. And while that may not be the reality, the perception of a churchgoing "elite" can be strong, and make some people, especially younger people, shy away, not always out of being "anti church" or "anti religion", but simply out of feeling socially out of place in certain church environments.
I have belonged to 3 SB churches over my 50+ years, the current for 20 years. I am a music minister for my current church. I see things from the inside.
We do not teach YEC or old earth, officially. That's left up to individual teachers/believers. I have no idea what our pastor believes, nor do I care. We also do NOT degrade gays. We do however, teach traditional marriage.
Good for you. I have my name on a plaque of a S Baptist church I helped start .
When you find those links of S Baptist churches endorsing gay rights and evolution you let me know .
Then they leave and go to college , and the OP shows what tends to happen when out on their own thinking for themselves and experiencing life on their terms
We see quite a few come back during summer break and volunteer for various ministries and some even make it their career.
It's often the more successful, established, traditional (heterosexual, Republican, corporate ladder climbing upper-middle class white male with a wife and 3 well above average kids and sporting a luxury sedan and large home) person who is churchgoing. To anyone who varies from that "tradition", church can be intimidating, and make the social and economic divide apparent. Someone who is less traditionally "traditional" may think that they're not welcome because they don't fit the mold of success, as they believe the church sees it. That may not really be true, but the perception of a church going elite can be strong, and make some people, especially younger people, shy away, not always out of being "anti church" or "anti religion", but simply out of feeling socially out of place.
We see a lot of non-traditional kids in our youth and college ministry. They see hope in the message of Christ.
If you mean gay marriage, no, we don't support that.
In truth you likely think practicing gays are sinners bound for hell, and probably rebellious against God . And a large portion of your youth , whether you understand it or not, simply think of them as normal people attracted to the same sex .
This, along with the typical anti science /anti reality attitudes of conservative Christianity, make for lots of defects once the kids are making their own decisions and not under the rule of their parents .
And no church program is going to reverse this affect .
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may think that they're not welcome because they don't fit the mold of success, as they believe the church sees it. And while that may not be the reality, the perception of a churchgoing "elite" can be strong, and make some people, especially younger people, shy away, not always out of being "anti church" or "anti religion", but simply out of feeling socially out of place in certain church environments.
