Why do teenagers and young adults hate Christianity ?

[dlamberth]

I think there may be some "Christians" who see it as a mythic representation of the possibilist of human transformation. That is to say, no limit to those possibilities.

Not only some Christians, but others of other spiritual trajectories as well.

 

[Larniavc]

We weren’t surrounded by the negative influences young people face today.

Oh come on. Every generation is surrounded by negative influences from the perspective of the previous generation.

I was around in the 90s. They seem tame to us because we lived through them. The 20s seem tame to young adults today and in time they, just like us will look back and pine for a more simpler time. Just like we did.

Part of adulting is knowing that one’s own perspective is subjective.

 

[Sunflower39]

Oh come on. Every generation is surrounded by negative influences from the perspective of the previous generation.

I was around in the 90s. They seem tame to us because we lived through them. The 20s seem tame to young adults today and in time they, just like us will look back and pine for a more simpler time. Just like we did.

Part of adulting is knowing that one’s own perspective is subjective.

Ok, but we weren’t exposed to this gender ideology nonsense, were we?

 

[Larniavc]

Odd, the same was thing was said about youth in the nineties. Guess the good old days remain fixed at 30 years in the past.

For me the 90s were a period of perfection. But my dad hated MTV, D&D, SKY TV and the alternative comedy movement.

He felt that kids were bombarded with too much information and it had a negative effect on kids these days (who also didn’t know that we were born).

He would often opine “in my day”.

 

[dlamberth]

Ok, but we weren’t exposed to this gender ideology nonsense, were we?

We are all different. What is nonsense to you may not be to others.

 

[Sunflower39]

We are all different. What is nonsense to you may not be to others.

I think most people know it’s nonsense whatever you say.

 

[Larniavc]

As I said, you atheists are simply perpetual nay-sayers.

To be fair the kind of evidence people accept varies by person.

 

[Larniavc]

If so, how do you account for the rise in crime and the increased prevalence of mental health issues?

Crime is down and mental health issues are more easily identified. How do you account for the rise in left handed people?

 

[Larniavc]

Ok, but we weren’t exposed to this gender ideology nonsense, were we?

I knew gay people and at least two ‘sex change’ people when I was growing up in the UK in the 70s and 80s.

It was all kept a lot quieter in those days and there were a lot of closets nailed shut.

 

[Paulos23]

Do you genuinely believe things are better now than in the past? If so, how do you account for the rise in crime and the increased prevalence of mental health issues? While some changes have been positive, it seems like we've reached a point where things are starting to deteriorate again.

Crime is not as high per capita as in the 90's. Link Edit: that is for the US. I don't know what it is in the UK.

The increased prevalence of mental health issues is because we have become more aware of them and don't sweep them under the rug as much. And knowing about mental health issues is good, we need to work on helping people with them and not just accommodating them. I see that as a good thing.

It always seems like something is deteriorating, but sometimes what is deteriorating needs to change to improve. It may not seem like an improvement to those who benefited from the way it was, but change is needed to help more people, not just a few.

Christianity is declining rapidly in the West. Do you consider this a positive development as well?

But it is growing in the rest of the world. Why be Western-focused on this? In the West, Christians are not persecuted, hunted, or physically harmed like in other places. The decline is due to two things from my viewpoint. The first is tying Christianity to politics. The second is a lack of cultural dominance of Christianity and cultural acts that focused on that. There are fewer people in the church because they don't feel the need to go to fit in or be protected.

Whether this is a good thing or not we will see.

 

[AV1611VET]

Only some do. Others are on fire for Jesus. So why are some on fire for Jesus and some the opposite?

Because some are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and some aren't.

Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

 

[Sunflower39]

Crime is not as high per capita as in the 90's. Link Edit: that is for the US. I don't know what it is in the UK.

The increased prevalence of mental health issues is because we have become more aware of them and don't sweep them under the rug as much. And knowing about mental health issues is good, we need to work on helping people with them and not just accommodating them. I see that as a good thing.

It always seems like something is deteriorating, but sometimes what is deteriorating needs to change to improve. It may not seem like an improvement to those who benefited from the way it was, but change is needed to help more people, not just a few.


But it is growing in the rest of the world. Why be Western-focused on this? In the West, Christians are not persecuted, hunted, or physically harmed like in other places. The decline is due to two things from my viewpoint. The first is tying Christianity to politics. The second is a lack of cultural dominance of Christianity and cultural acts that focused on that. There are fewer people in the church because they don't feel the need to go to fit in or be protected.

Whether this is a good thing or not we will see.

Christians are increasingly being mocked for their faith in the west. Everything that is Christian is being cancelled in case it offends others.

 

[Desk trauma]

This is a US source. I’m not from the US.

The UK has a similar trend with the peak being in the good old days of the nineties.

 

[All Becomes New]

Christians are increasingly being mocked for their faith in the west. Everything that is Christian is being cancelled in case it offends others.

Oh, it is far worse than that. I have heard that there have been more Christian martyrs in the last 100 years than in the 1900 years before that combined.

 

[Sunflower39]

The UK has a similar trend with the peak being in the good old days of the nineties.

Not true. In recent years, statistics show a rise in violent crimes and murder.

 

[Desk trauma]

Not true. In recent years, statistics show a rise in violent crimes and murder.

To rates below those of the good old days in the nineties.

 

[Desk trauma]

Oh, it is far worse than that. I have heard that there have been more Christian martyrs in the last 100 years than in the 1900 years before that combined.

Yeah, raw numbers over rates makes things sound so much more dire.

 

[All Becomes New]

Yeah, raw numbers over rates makes things sound so much more dire.

That is a very insensitive thing to say when we are talking about people dying. Figures that you are an atheist who is saying it.

 

[Desk trauma]

That is a very insensitive thing to say when we are talking about people dying.

Can’t let pesky things like facts get in the way?

 

[All Becomes New]

Can’t let pesky things like facts get in the way?

Please share your facts about how it is untrue if you got it.