tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post8398321836807595840..comments2024-03-25T17:35:02.238-04:00Comments on Debunking Christianity: Barna Poll About The New Generation and ChristianityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-89796775213211063852009-06-18T21:47:27.334-04:002009-06-18T21:47:27.334-04:00Given how horrible the US education system, this i...Given how horrible the US education system, this is actually very encouraging. Now that we have some real hope for education, even more people will get exposed to thinking!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565621013251370015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-81847302477997326532007-10-01T09:12:00.000-04:002007-10-01T09:12:00.000-04:00woundedego, from one old fart to another, I'm glad...woundedego, from one old fart to another, I'm glad you still have a sense of humor. Keep it well!<BR/><BR/>But if "pussy" only referred to "cats" in your time, you must be an even older fart than me:<BR/><BR/><I>Philip Stubbs, an English pamphleteer, wrote in his 1583 book "The Anatomie of Abuses" that "the word pussie is now used of a woman".</I>zilchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695741977946935771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-79559580473876577612007-10-01T01:50:00.000-04:002007-10-01T01:50:00.000-04:00WoundedEgo, I think we both agree that the millenn...WoundedEgo, I think we both agree that the millennial generation is going to surprise us all. Any prediction about the role of Christianity in the children of the millennial?Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058424176773515878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-91303815908380159062007-09-30T22:21:00.000-04:002007-09-30T22:21:00.000-04:00I'm an old fart. I'm not completely senile, but I ...I'm an old fart. I'm not completely senile, but I have got to the point where I can hide my own Easter eggs. Just for fun I hid some in the fridge once, and it took me YEARS to find them.<BR/><BR/>Having said that (what did I say?) I have to say that young people are AWESOME. Today my son told me how many atoms are in a...well... I forget.. but still, he had numbers and everything...<BR/><BR/>The point is that knowledge is exploding. Had I been born a hundred years ago, I WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED SMART!<BR/><BR/>Also, the word "pussy" only referred to cats!<BR/><BR/>Still, it is good to see u. "U" as they say in college (capitalized).<BR/><BR/>Still, why did Arafat win a frickin NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE?<BR/><BR/>Don't bother even tryint to explain that to me.<BR/><BR/>So the new generation can't see that 3=1? Bravo!<BR/><BR/>Bill Ross<BR/>http://bibleshockers.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>(I'll be right with you... gotta type in the random letters zovuj so the computer knows I am a human and not a bot...)WoundedEgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10587474211232415755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-4885254714237900142007-09-28T17:01:00.000-04:002007-09-28T17:01:00.000-04:00This is such good news, it makes me want to exclai...This is such good news, it makes me want to exclaim..."there is a God!"Don Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624128241297548817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-86810371450652603192007-09-28T11:20:00.000-04:002007-09-28T11:20:00.000-04:00I work on a major university campus, so I must als...I work on a major university campus, so I must also weigh in. I work and talk with hundreds in a given term. I think Gordon has a pretty good handle on the spirit of the millennial generation. They are far from amoral--many of them have strong family values. Unfortunately, they seem very disillusioned with politics and traditional institutions. The trump card in all of this is the "helicopter parent" (a term coined for this generation's parents who are more involved in their lives than previous generations). A surprising number of graduates and go back to live with their parents, or at least near them. My assumption is that if these parents are religious, they may hold on to a least a skeleton of that religion so as to not disappoint mom and dad.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058424176773515878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-50124140550759107872007-09-28T09:51:00.000-04:002007-09-28T09:51:00.000-04:00I should qualify that "my limited experience" has ...I should qualify that "my limited experience" has put me in contact with what's probably a skewed subsection of the population: young people who are politically involved, locally active, into political music like old school punk and hip hop, and relatively bright and motivated. Certainly not a random sample, however common or uncommon that sort of person might be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1327031294569897162007-09-27T16:57:00.000-04:002007-09-27T16:57:00.000-04:00As one of the younger people who writes regularly ...As one of the younger people who writes regularly on DC I feel a small amount of responsibility to write on this subject. From what I see of young people its not atheism or even agnosticism the grand majority espouse, at least in an intellectual sense. Most are happy to believe there is some power controlling the universe but dont really explore much beyond that point. I see this same lack of interest in all things, including politics; which I suppose somewhat contradicts b h here. Of course I can only speak from what I see on my own university campus.GordonBloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426901390201595020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-52619938406108075682007-09-26T17:25:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:25:00.000-04:00Ah, considering the source and lack of commentary,...Ah, considering the source and lack of commentary, they may have meant "disengagement from and disillusionment with Christianity." Fair enough. I was afraid they were implying this is a trend with only people who are disillusioned with US society as a whole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-72333981516659502542007-09-26T17:06:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:06:00.000-04:00In fact, in just a decade, many of the Barna measu...<I>In fact, in just a decade, many of the Barna measures of the Christian image have shifted substantially downward, fueled in part by a growing sense of disengagement and disillusionment among young people.</I><BR/><BR/>I wonder how they measured the latter half? Or it was just thrown out there? In my limited experience, there are a lot of very motivated and politically engaged young people, particularly among the non-Christians I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-2346280086856098882007-09-26T14:35:00.000-04:002007-09-26T14:35:00.000-04:00Well I'll be damned. Maybe my generation isn't com...Well I'll be damned. Maybe my generation isn't <I>completely</I> lost.Kyle Szklenskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837443487933011691noreply@blogger.com