Are you saying only younger people are leaving the faith, or isn't that going on across many demographics? And I assume you are talking about Christianity. But I wonder what your reference point actually is, did you grow up in a Church, or are you just making an assumption?
I don't think Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, it any other Religion has a church. There only other "religion" that does is the church if Scientology. Did you think that was what I was talking about?
I grew up in a church, I was devoted too. Until I learned it was hypocritical. I was hurt for a while over that.
I would agree with you about the rate of growth of Christianity in the United States, Canada, and western Europe. But that is more of a reflection of lower birth rates among Western cultures-- especially those originating from Europe.
I was talking about strictly American people walking away. 59% of my generation born in the church has walked away. I don't mean 59% of the generation good grow up in a church or had parents that weren't too into church. I mean 59% of people in my generation that attended church stopped.
I wonder if it will increase with gen z
Because of you look at Africa, Latin American, and Asia, the rate of Christianity is growing in those areas.
The West is the leader of the world. Where the West goes the rest of the world will follow except for maybe the backward theocracies that exist, such as Uganda or Afghanistan.
So then yes-- indoctrination?
I guess that's really all a matter of opinion. I would say the Christian church indoctrinates people into believing that it's wrong and now that that indoctrination has ceased to work on most of the people we're seeing the results.
what if you believe there is some sort of conspiracy of getting people to try in indoctrinate kids into their accepting homosexuality then, I guess you're free to believe that.
Is homosexuality different today than it was 60 years or 1000 years ago? Does it serve some new biological preeminence over heterosexuality that is pushing society and culture forward?
you shouldn't feel so threatened. Nobody's trying to replace you.
It's just we evolved out of more backward beliefs are really based on myth.
I don't make a theological argument about homosexuality being less than preferred to heterosexuality.
that's an oxymoron. You can't say you're making a theological argument well at the same time applying intelligence and discernment to nature which is a phenomenon that possesses neither.
But if I did there are plenty of indications in the Christian texts to support that argument too.
yeah people in the developing world see Christianity is a little backward. Promoting beliefs that have no reason and have no use in society is kind of waste.
But it is a waste of time to use theology to answer what nature has already concluded.
You are making a theological argument you just calling God nature. You claim that nature decides, or prefers, or concludes. You're saying nature is an intelligent designer.
It's not, it is the phenomenon of the physical world.
And the reason is nobody has to agree with theology-- that exists in an arena known as "faith".
the idea of nature preferring or deciding things is based on faith.
Nature on the hand is measurable and observable. Where is homosexuality in nature vastly superior to heterosexuality?
oh I'm sorry you must be mistaking me for someone else, I never said either one was Superior.
