I agree with you when it comes to church. However, they're only talking about God here, not church itself. I think there must be other reasons too, but maybe turning away from church does have a general effect on belief as well.

Religions were formed as a super-primitive method of explaining the natural world. Science fulfills this mission much more effectively. Abusive and predatory priesthood has been part and parcel of organized religion for millennia. We no longer need to rely upon simplistic, ego-centric beliefs to order the world. Should we wish to change our mental landscape on a personal level, this also does not require an omniscient watcher and influencer. We can do it ourselves. We could *always* do it ourselves. But the abdication of personal responsibility in favour of "fate" or "divine will" is lazy and malignant.

Personally, I'm a Christian and believe in the Father Son and Holy Spirit and all that fun stuff. However, my attraction to the church is little to zero, because as I've started to grow older and mature, I can see the amount of hurt and stress and loss and pain that churches have caused. When I discovered my queerness in sixth grade, I thought something was wrong with me. It was only once I found my LGBTQ+ friends, mostly online, that I was able to learn enough about the queer communities to realize that maybe I wasn't the one who was wrong. And I though I know my queerness isn't wrong, I'm still deathly afraid to come out to my parents due to their prejudice. The fact that I'm terrified to show myself to my parents, who preach the love and respect of Jesus, really shows something. Thankfully, I found a church that seems to be more tolerant. I'm thinking of coming out to my youth group pastor, but I'm too nervous

Yep, running out of cheeks to turn.

… and rampant pedophilia.

So do some of us older folks!

So do some in the older generation.

Some of us in the older generation share their beliefs

And is more logical

... A matter of opinion, fair enough...

God is on Facebook

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The younger generation has been taught to see only evil!

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Then why is this world going to sh!t? Young people have turned away and lost their faith and it shows in this new circus aka hell in a hand basket

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More like they had the internet...

I though the same. Finally some good news for the future

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no this will just higher the crime rate

He does (or did, been a minute since I was there) on Twitter

His lad comments on Bored Panda though

Made me chuckle +1

Not a bad thing at all

Thank who??

I think Jesus would probably be deeply saddened about the hypocrisy in churches, the scandals, and the antiquated belief systems that turn away minority groups like the LGBTQIA+ community. No wonder so many young people and older millennial are turning toward spiritually or atheism.

Jesus (and his sky daddy persona) has said absolutely nothing for at least two thousand years, even though he promised to be back in a jiffy! Grow the fu€k people.

The church used to be such a good thing, spreading love and acceptance, but corruption and hypocrisy has ruined it. I think Jesus would be happy that people have turned away from these corrupted places and are living great lives as good and kind people