Fewer and fewer kids are returning to church after they graduate. Why is that? What are we missing?
2006-12-22 09:14:25 · 18 answers · asked by Deanna 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
You're missing nothing, education leads to a free and open mind, not to say a more intelligent one with which to find the real truth of the matter. The truth of the matter is that all religion is false and one understands this better with a broader and better education.
2006-12-22 09:18:19 · answer #1 · answered by Zidane 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Church has become too ritualistic, it does not truly reach the questions within each graduate of who they are and where they are going and how to not just know a God exisit someplace if we just believe in our heart. People want to take what they have learned and start applying it. God is not just in the church he is in every graduate that does not come back as he is in the ones that do return. The Church is missing the point that God does not need the Church building and rituals to guide His creations.
2006-12-22 18:47:00 · answer #2 · answered by Love to Love 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most that age take off to colleges outside their home town making that one reason churches experience a drop in that age group's attendance. They may not be attending weekly church service instead they attend mid week study groups and services to better fit their schedules. Most College student work weekends and can not attend Sunday service. Do not fall into the deception that they have "LEFT" the church entirely...another tactic. As long as their foundation is stable there is nothing to be concerned with...they will return.
2006-12-23 08:35:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're missing the fact that religious dogma stands in stark contradiction to personal experience. Instead of trying to sell kids on a story of God that denies the reality of life in the world, you shold encourage them to try to see a bigger concept of God that can be real, yet still take reality into account without saying "God will punish those people," or "that's not what God wants."
The floating judge in the sky just doesn't stand up to modern experience.
2006-12-22 18:13:25 · answer #4 · answered by Sir N. Neti 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is that when you graduate you don't see the point in returning if you already did what you needed to do then your done and its what we young people think in this generation
2006-12-22 18:15:47 · answer #5 · answered by lizflo2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many kids are at a time in their lives where they start to question god, religion, their parents, life... graduates probably are just not sure of their relationship with god, and are figuring it out on their own with out any help from any one else right now. most of them will come back in a few years or so. don't stress!
2006-12-22 18:37:09 · answer #6 · answered by ReadAholic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the people are the church
but the church is out of date in the 21st century
religion is only one of 4 tools that keeps society intact
2006-12-22 17:38:29 · answer #7 · answered by Dimitris C. Milionis - Athens GR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No parents making them go ... tough age. Too disconnected from the one another, to simple to just communicate through technology like now. Humanity has not caught up with technology.
2006-12-22 17:56:24 · answer #8 · answered by SG 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reality.
2006-12-22 18:25:26 · answer #9 · answered by jesserschmit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They become so busy in their "life" that they lose focus. Without the adult guidance, they had at home, it just takes some time to realize what is important.
2006-12-22 20:39:06 · answer #10 · answered by Teresa D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋