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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
I just think it's impossible to shelter people today, for every religious website or social media posts there's 100 more for science or alternatives, for instance without any direction from his parents or grandparents my 9 year grandson calls god "a silly lie" yes, a 9 year old said that. admittedly he's a science freak and would probably make most paleontologists blush with his knowledge of dinosaurs. this kid was operating an iPad at 2 years old and that isn't even strange now days.
Christian churches are closing all around the world because the believers are dying and the youth today don't believe in religion and the internet most likely has a lot to do with it.
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People join for many reasons. I was raised in a home where my mother took us 3 kids to church each Sunday. As we got older we rebelled and fought with mother every Sunday so we didn't have to go. She got tired of the fighting and stopped taking us.
I joined an Evangelical Church (Early 80's) when I was 20 years old. I was curious and wanted to know what was so important that our mother would want to take us every Sunday. I went in with an open mind and tried to learn as a much as possible. I remember being always skeptical and was never fully converted. My pastor and I would some great arguments about God and if he has any influence in our lives. I once told him God was an "absentee landlord" and that life is what we make of it. He had stunned look on his face when I left.
I stayed for 15 years mostly due to the friendships I had formed over the years and some of the good work our church did in the community. There was an incident I talked about early in the thread that caused me to leave.
You have others have joined because they need a sense of belonging and a purpose for their lives.