Gen Z. Less Religious Group Ever.

[mai72]

Church attendance in America is waaaay down among young people. I live in NJ and many young people in my area could not care in the slightest about religion. But its not just my area. Young people have fallen out of religion. At least in the West and Christianity is taking the brunt of it. Islam is still very popular in the middle east. I lived in Thailand and I'd see young Thais attend Buddhist temples all the time.

But in Europe and North America religion, especially Christianity, is in a death spiral. The NONES are rising and it is the most common answer when they are asked what is there religious affiliation. I guess many could be spiritual, but organized religion, especially Christianity, is declining at a very fast rate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU0o3jWvYQY

[76561199734210705]

Incorrect, they are as religious as ever. They just have different religions than before. People who ridicule religion, imagining they are so much smarter and more rational, are making fools of themselves.

[Faiyez]

They are still very religious. They profess wokeism.

[Chalupacabaras]

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They are still very religious. They profess wokeism.

The Devil himself wouldn't appreciate being equated with that level of immoral evil.

[Rio]

Aren't you suppose to have a personal relationship with jesus?

So what do you need a building full of people for? Or a bible for that matter?

Can't you just ask God or Jesus anything you want know, and follow his most up to date rules and stuff he gives you?

[Chalupacabaras]

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Aren't you suppose to have a personal relationship with jesus?

So what do you need a building full of people for? Or a bible for that matter? :hinowa_normal:

Can't you just ask God or Jesus anything you want know, and follow his most up to date rules and stuff he gives you?

It hasn't worked well for Judaism, maybe those heretical Pagans and atheists aren't as ignorant as the Christians were taught to believe.

[Chaosolous]

Growing up Catholic all I can say is that you can’t force religion on people. It doesn’t work.

Year by year organized religions shrink and get replaced with some kind of independent spiritualism.

I’m not Catholic anymore as evidence to that. I follow no organized religion and my spirituality is independently defined.

[Good Night Owl]

Religion is a taught thing.

The difference between the US, Europe and those other places l is that in western countries, you aren't pressured to uphold certain religious beliefs. When that is the case, the result is less religious people.

[Painkilleruk]

social media is god to this generation, likes and thumbs up are all they need to feel comfort.

[The Tunnel Ratencio]

My father used to say that the church is filled with old people that is closer to god only because they are on their way to meet him soon enough lol

[Rio]

I don't think religion has gone away, god has gone away, but believing in good and evil, and irrational things and irrational morality and in being taken care of by a higher power.

All very, very welll and alive in america, in progressivism. Some like to call progressivism "god swept under the rug" so religion can be in government.

It even has purity tests and virtual signals. And belief systems like how you tier people's importance. And that everyone is a blank slate and one thing can transform into another thing.

And it has its devil/satan which does change, but atm its Trump.

[abcd]

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Aren't you suppose to have a personal relationship with jesus?

What, like Shadow?

So what do you need a building full of people for? Or a bible for that matter? :hinowa_normal:

so that your personal jesus has other personal jesuses to draw relevant and helpful information from, even if they all somehow forget something.

Can't you just ask God or Jesus anything you want know, and follow his most up to date rules and stuff he gives you?

yeah unless he doesn't know, due to humanity's ignorance of the topic.

[the vampire of time and memory]

wish that was true here

[Xero_Daxter]

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Publicado originalmente por gugnihr:

All religions suck, all religions should disappear, and people would have a better life and better mental health.

Some people use spirituality and religion as a mental health aid, or at the least, connect to mental health resources through religious networking.

Sounds like a coping mechanism but that’s just me.

[Rio]

Even manson has a personal jesus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0vjRyQK2mo

[abcd]

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Even manson has a personal jesus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0vjRyQK2mo

almost everyone's got a butthole, too.