Title: Survey: 72% of Millennials 'more spiritual than religious'
Post by: joeactor on April 27, 2010, 08:06:47 PM
Post by: joeactor on April 27, 2010, 08:06:47 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2 ... 7_ST_N.htm (http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-04-27-1Amillfaith27_ST_N.htm)
Title: Re: Survey: 72% of Millennials 'more spiritual than religious'
Post by: pinkocommie on April 27, 2010, 08:30:58 PM
Post by: pinkocommie on April 27, 2010, 08:30:58 PM
That makes sense. My mom was agnostic and though she was very doubtful of there being a god, she always said that if god was real, logically all it would care about is that you were a good person and you tried your best. "Be a good person and you'll be fine" seems like an entirely appropriate position, regardless of anyone's personal opinions regarding god.
Title: Re: Survey: 72% of Millennials 'more spiritual than religious'
Post by: elliebean on April 27, 2010, 09:20:11 PM
Post by: elliebean on April 27, 2010, 09:20:11 PM
Quote from: "USA Today"Collin Hansen, 29, author of Young, Restless, Reformed, about a thriving minority of traditionalist Christians, agrees. "I'm not going to say these numbers aren't true and aren't grim, but they also drive people like me to build new, passionately Christian dynamic churches," says Hansen, who is studying for the ministry. He sees many in his generation veering to "moralistic therapeutic deism â€" 'God wants you to be happy and do good things.' ... I would not call that Christianity, however."Nor would I.
What strikes me about this statement is the interpretaion of the data to mean they need to try harder to get more young people suckered in, instead of looking at themselves and asking why people are starting to turn away and what changes they can make to improve.
Title: Re: Survey: 72% of Millennials 'more spiritual than religious'
Post by: Tanker on April 28, 2010, 07:21:17 AM
Post by: Tanker on April 28, 2010, 07:21:17 AM
Quote from: "elliebean"Quote from: "USA Today"Collin Hansen, 29, author of Young, Restless, Reformed, about a thriving minority of traditionalist Christians, agrees. "I'm not going to say these numbers aren't true and aren't grim, but they also drive people like me to build new, passionately Christian dynamic churches," says Hansen, who is studying for the ministry. He sees many in his generation veering to "moralistic therapeutic deism â€" 'God wants you to be happy and do good things.' ... I would not call that Christianity, however."Nor would I.
What strikes me about this statement is the interpretaion of the data to mean they need to try harder to get more young people suckered in, instead of looking at themselves and asking why people are starting to turn away and what changes they can make to improve.
Well when your paticular church, in your paticular sect, in your paticular branch, of your paticular religion are the only people in the entire world that have "god's word" exactly right you can never be wrong. It must be the other 99.99% of the population that are wrong.
Title: Re: Survey: 72% of Millennials 'more spiritual than religious'
Post by: Chewbie Chan on April 30, 2010, 08:35:17 PM
Post by: Chewbie Chan on April 30, 2010, 08:35:17 PM
I read "really more spiritual than religious" as "really more self-possessed than indoctrinated". Awesome!
Title: Re: Survey: 72% of Millennials 'more spiritual than religious'
Post by: elliebean on April 30, 2010, 09:22:18 PM
Post by: elliebean on April 30, 2010, 09:22:18 PM
That is an excellent way to look at it. 