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According to a new study reported on by USA Today, around 72% of 18-29 year olds consider themselves more spiritual than religious and around 65% rarely if ever attend church.
This pretty much confirms my suspicions regarding my generation's religiousness.
What's interesting is that the survey was done by a Christian research firm by the name of Lifeway Christian Resources. And here's a quote by its president Thom Rainer; if the trends continue "The Millennial generation will see churches closing as quickly as GM dealerships".....
This makes sense. But perhaps it's just the evolution of spirituality. I think of (please nobody take offense) churches and the like as spiritual "training wheels". They're sort of a "Do this, and then that, and then that" connect-the-dots sort of way to try to establish a relationship with God. But at this point we're probably moving along toward really being able to establish our own connections, without needing middle-men and instruction books.
I think it's a positive thing. I think it may be more "real" and heartfelt than a lot of people who go to church and just mouth the words and assume that means a form of salvation. I do believe in God...and I believe God wants us to think. I believe giving far less power to religious groups per se, and more responsibility to the individual for finding God in his or her own way, is a positive step and a sign of maturity.
This makes sense. But perhaps it's just the evolution of spirituality. I think of (please nobody take offense) churches and the like as spiritual "training wheels". They're sort of a "Do this, and then that, and then that" connect-the-dots sort of way to try to establish a relationship with God. But at this point we're probably moving along toward really being able to establish our own connections, without needing middle-men and instruction books.
I think it's a positive thing. I think it may be more "real" and heartfelt than a lot of people who go to church and just mouth the words and assume that means a form of salvation. I do believe in God...and I believe God wants us to think. I believe giving far less power to religious groups per se, and more responsibility to the individual for finding God in his or her own way, is a positive step and a sign of maturity.
This is JMO.
This is precisely what was supposed to happen when Jesus corrected the OT beliefs about the true nature of God and made obsolete the "schoolmaster." That which is "written in our hearts" is finally trying to emerge against the tremendous inertia of ignorance imposed by the religious establishments . . . retaining the primitive OT beliefs about God and literally rationalizing away the message and example of Jesus! Well said, JerZ.
I like that it actually differentiates between being someone who just doesn't like religion and an atheist or agnostic. Majority of the people who do not like religion are still believers in God and are more of a spiritual deist kind of person than they are foaming at the mouth Dawkin's Witnesses.
According to a new study reported on by USA Today, around 72% of 18-29 year olds consider themselves more spiritual than religious and around 65% rarely if ever attend church.
This pretty much confirms my suspicions regarding my generation's religiousness.
thats good to know and IMO if religion dosent enhance spirituality then im not too sure if its real or not
but on the other hand just because someone considers themselves spiritual dosent actually mean they are and i would be more inclined to think that most people that age are more materialistically driven than spiritually driven-but i also beleive that everyone underneath it all are spiritual beings-and one way or another our spirits are effected bye our actions and thoughts
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