Here is an interesting article concerning a Barna Group poll looking into possible reasons why young Americans are leaving Church and in some cases - Christianity.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10 ... ty-behind/
What I notice most missing was the effects of secularization in our public schools and society at large. Any way, interesting article...
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The book unChristian from Barna group is much much better than the article.
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Re: Young Americans leaving Christianity: Barna Poll
I have noticed that when I speak to young people that have either fallen out or simply never "joined in", it is ( typically) because they do not believe in THEIR understanding of God or don't want anything to do with the "corrupt" beast that is "religion" (though they tend to mean organized religion they simply say religion).
I notice when I bring up certain passages and certain views about God that are orthodox BUT tend to be neglected at times, they often say,"Well...I was never told that" or "I never knew that" and so forth.
I think the big issue is extremism and how just 1 extremist "bible thumper" can do so much damage.
I alo notice that if mainstream popular media is against religion then so are they, typically.
I notice that many take views from shows they think as "smart shows" as correct and that many also tend to hear only what they want to.
What I mean is that they will hear what they want to agree with in regards to religion BUT disregard any "counter point" or not even bother to search out a counter point at all to an argument that WANT to be true.
For a generation supposedly brought up with "critical thinking" they seem to be very lacking in that when it applies to what they don't want it to apply to.
I notice when I bring up certain passages and certain views about God that are orthodox BUT tend to be neglected at times, they often say,"Well...I was never told that" or "I never knew that" and so forth.
I think the big issue is extremism and how just 1 extremist "bible thumper" can do so much damage.
I alo notice that if mainstream popular media is against religion then so are they, typically.
I notice that many take views from shows they think as "smart shows" as correct and that many also tend to hear only what they want to.
What I mean is that they will hear what they want to agree with in regards to religion BUT disregard any "counter point" or not even bother to search out a counter point at all to an argument that WANT to be true.
For a generation supposedly brought up with "critical thinking" they seem to be very lacking in that when it applies to what they don't want it to apply to.
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Re: Young Americans leaving Christianity: Barna Poll
Never mind young people. When a Muslim gets the top job at the CIA,* you know that the USA is on the wrong track. Can you see the train wreck coming?B. W. wrote:Here is an interesting article concerning a Barna Group poll looking into possible reasons why young Americans are leaving Church and in some cases - Christianity.
Thanks be to Baroque Osama! Allahu Akbar!
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*John Brennan, CIA Caliph and Muslim convert.
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The muslims will take over the world very soon.
It would be a blessing if they missed the cairns and got lost on the way back. Or if
the Thing on the ice got them tonight.
I could only turn and stare in horror at the chief surgeon.
Death by starvation is a terrible thing, Goodsir, continued Stanley.
And with that we went below to the flame-flickering Darkness of the lower deck
and to a cold almost the equal of the Dante-esque Ninth Circle Arctic Night
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the Thing on the ice got them tonight.
I could only turn and stare in horror at the chief surgeon.
Death by starvation is a terrible thing, Goodsir, continued Stanley.
And with that we went below to the flame-flickering Darkness of the lower deck
and to a cold almost the equal of the Dante-esque Ninth Circle Arctic Night
without.
//johnadavid.wordpress.com
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I doubt it. Muslims have trouble taking over their own countries. Europeans will probably take over the world but with a vengeance this time around.neo-x wrote:The muslims will take over the world very soon.
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Hold everything lightly. If you don't, it will hurt when God pries your fingers loose as He takes it from you. -Corrie Ten Boom
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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
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Europeans are too much "mild" compared to arabs. 
It would be a blessing if they missed the cairns and got lost on the way back. Or if
the Thing on the ice got them tonight.
I could only turn and stare in horror at the chief surgeon.
Death by starvation is a terrible thing, Goodsir, continued Stanley.
And with that we went below to the flame-flickering Darkness of the lower deck
and to a cold almost the equal of the Dante-esque Ninth Circle Arctic Night
without.
//johnadavid.wordpress.com
the Thing on the ice got them tonight.
I could only turn and stare in horror at the chief surgeon.
Death by starvation is a terrible thing, Goodsir, continued Stanley.
And with that we went below to the flame-flickering Darkness of the lower deck
and to a cold almost the equal of the Dante-esque Ninth Circle Arctic Night
without.
//johnadavid.wordpress.com
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The welsh will take over the world. Our image of being yokel sheep botherers has all been a front.
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Nice try Silvertusk. But I ain't buyin it. That stereotype of sheep "botherers" is sticking.Silvertusk wrote:The welsh will take over the world. Our image of being yokel sheep botherers has all been a front.
Baaaaa!
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St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
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Then our plan is working,RickD wrote:Nice try Silvertusk. But I ain't buyin it. That stereotype of sheep "botherers" is sticking.Silvertusk wrote:The welsh will take over the world. Our image of being yokel sheep botherers has all been a front.
Baaaaa!
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I heard about your world dominance plan Silvertusk. If the Welsh take over the world, they'll make Man-sheep marriage legal and absolutely necessary.Silvertusk wrote:Then our plan is working,RickD wrote:Nice try Silvertusk. But I ain't buyin it. That stereotype of sheep "botherers" is sticking.Silvertusk wrote:The welsh will take over the world. Our image of being yokel sheep botherers has all been a front.
Baaaaa!
But if the Welsh try to take over the world and fail, they will henceforth agree not to get mad if someone calls them "British".
You are British, aren't you Silvertusk?
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
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But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good.
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For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
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#foreverinmyheart
-- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
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That's too drippy. It wouldn't work, Hana. Nobody likes that lovey dovey stuff.1over137 wrote:I will suffocate people with love
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
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I will write them revolutionary poem
But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good.
-- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
-- Philippians 1:6
#foreverinmyheart
-- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
-- Philippians 1:6
#foreverinmyheart
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A poem about political revolution? That would be interesting.1over137 wrote:I will write them revolutionary poem
Would it be written in Slobovnglish?
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony