Why are the young people non-religious

[Anonymous]

Why are the young people today non-religious? Will this change as they get older and mature?

[Anonymous]

How do you define young? I'm in my 40s and very few people I know are religious.

[Anonymous]

Many of them don't like the intolerance of social issues and the hypocrisy of some Religious leaders (Catholic priests, those Evangelicals caught in extra-marital affairs, etc)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many of them don't like the intolerance of social issues and the hypocrisy of some Religious leaders (Catholic priests, those Evangelicals caught in extra-marital affairs, etc)

On top of this, many people I know look at everything science can explain (or is working on explaining) and don't see a need for or evidence of a "creator".

[Anonymous]

because younger people are more enlightened.

[Anonymous]

Because the West is dying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I decry all religious fanatics that try to force their misguided beliefs on others.

+1 I think this happens with ALL religions.

[Anonymous]

Studies have shown that while the numbers might not be as high, young people who are religious are more devout or "rooted" than ever before. I think I prefer that. At least this way, they ones that are religious are sincere instead of just following morals loosely based on religious ideas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are the young people today non-religious? Will this change as they get older and mature?

Most people go the other direction. They are religious when they are young, because their parents take them to church. And they stop being religious when they are older and can think and make decisions for themselves

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Studies have shown that while the numbers might not be as high, young people who are religious are more devout or "rooted" than ever before. I think I prefer that. At least this way, they ones that are religious are sincere instead of just following morals loosely based on religious ideas.

what's undesirable about following morals loosely based on religious ideas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Studies have shown that while the numbers might not be as high, young people who are religious are more devout or "rooted" than ever before. I think I prefer that. At least this way, they ones that are religious are sincere instead of just following morals loosely based on religious ideas.

what's undesirable about following morals loosely based on religious ideas?

That depends on what those morals are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many of them don't like the intolerance of social issues and the hypocrisy of some Religious leaders (Catholic priests, those Evangelicals caught in extra-marital affairs, etc)

On top of this, many people I know look at everything science can explain (or is working on explaining) and don't see a need for or evidence of a "creator".

Science can't explain away existence or tell us how this all came to be. Science and religion are not mutually exclusive. maybe God created all that science discovers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many of them don't like the intolerance of social issues and the hypocrisy of some Religious leaders (Catholic priests, those Evangelicals caught in extra-marital affairs, etc)

On top of this, many people I know look at everything science can explain (or is working on explaining) and don't see a need for or evidence of a "creator".

Of course, they pick and choose the "science" they believe in as well. Did you know, for example, that some people actually question the fact that humans born with penises are actually "males," and those born with vaginas and accompanying parts, are "females?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Studies have shown that while the numbers might not be as high, young people who are religious are more devout or "rooted" than ever before. I think I prefer that. At least this way, they ones that are religious are sincere instead of just following morals loosely based on religious ideas.

what's undesirable about following morals loosely based on religious ideas?

+1 I think it's very dangerous to base ALL of one's morals off religious ideas. Because what happens if you start to doubt the existence of God/etc.? If all of your morals are tied up in that, do they all go away in that case?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many of them don't like the intolerance of social issues and the hypocrisy of some Religious leaders (Catholic priests, those Evangelicals caught in extra-marital affairs, etc)

On top of this, many people I know look at everything science can explain (or is working on explaining) and don't see a need for or evidence of a "creator".

Of course, they pick and choose the "science" they believe in as well. Did you know, for example, that some people actually question the fact that humans born with penises are actually "males," and those born with vaginas and accompanying parts, are "females?"

I don't know anyone who denies that a person born with a penis was born male.