why is it that most teenagers do not believe in God?

Question

i am a teenager and i do believe in god, most teenagers doesn't.. why is that?

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most of the teenagers david

thank you thank you terry

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Answer 1

Farah, it is a sad state of affairs but in Europe, USA, and Canada, the Education Elite for the most part have attempted to make our nations highly secular and there has been a strong attempt to destroy the notion of God for a least 75 to 100 years.
Of course they will never succeed because with out God our civilization would degenerate in very short order.
Ever since the Garden there has been a conflict between
God and Satan, Moses and Baal, Israel and Rome, the Church and Voltaire, those who love and those who hate,
and today between the culture of life and the culture of death.
It will continue until Messiah comes. Just make sure
you are ready by having Jesus in your heart. Oh I know you are Muslim and I don't really have a problem with that.
All I'm saying is open your heart(your soul) and tell Jesus
you love Him. Yes its really that easy. He really does love
you and so do a whole lot of other people on this planet.
Thanks Farah for asking such a good question.
I Cr 13;8a

Answer 2

I have to admit, the reason for that is education. The way we are educated about God, has a lot of gaps. God in a way, is portrayed as an old man, who strikes everyone that goes against him. Vindictive, and harsh. People have a hard time accepting that , and therefore come to the conclusion there is no God.
Religions have come up with this portrayal of God to control the masses. Yet people don't like to be controlled, and so go against it.
If only we were taught the right things, maybe teenagers wouldn't rebel. The truth is everyone believes in God deep inside. Otherwise how would we go on? Some people just don't know it.

Answer 3

It's not that they don't believe in God, it's that they don't have a reason the follow him yet. When a person realizes the power of the Lord it comes at a time when they feel defeated and don't believe they can continue. This is usually associated with bills, marriage, children, finances, etc. Things that a typical teenager doesn't have to deal with. It is rare to find a young individual strong in faith. They have also removed any religous teachings from the public school systems. A person nowadays has to want to learn about God. If the parents and school aren't teaching the child about God, the kid is probably not going to seek it on his own. Personally, when I was a teenager I had better things to do than go to church. It takes personal experience to believe and trust God. It happens to some sooner than others.

Answer 4

Simple, they have had enough education to realize that God of the Gaps is not valid. And that there are thousands of other gods who have been forgotten, though their faithful were sincere. They are also realizing that prayer doesn't make their lives all that much better. Things happen whether or not you pray about them.

Pretty much, they are loosing faith. When faced with lack of evidence, the misery of adolescence, and high school, do they really have a lot to be thankful for?

But if evidence holds true, they will likely revert to religion later in life, after they are out of the bad years or when they are old and dying. Thus atheists are only a small fraction of the general population.

Answer 5

Actually, I'd be willing to bet most teens these days are raised to be believers but because teenagers "know everything" they are likely to rebel. In a way, it's a good thing, they're challenging what people are trying to force them to believe.

No worries, whether they stay that way or not, it really should have no effect on you, stay strong whatever path you take. Don't let anyone knock you off of it.

Netti: Yes, I suppose I am being stereotypical. But you see, don't believe that people who are not teens anymore, which I never said I wan't a teen myself, have forgotten what it was like to be one.
I know without a doubt in my mind that most teenagers act like they know everything. I never meant to say they truly believe they know everything. In fact there are a lot of people who tear themselves down saying they aren't very bright or wise at all...but will still run around correcting other people.

Teens are at a time when they really need to sit down and THINK THINGS THROUGH, y'know? I just find out who and what they are, what the world is. But a lot of teens don't have that stress free enviroment. Hell, MOST don't. Every man or woman will question their beliefs at some point, and it happens mostly when people are teens, when they are being assailed with thoughts, opinions, facts, truths, and untruths from all sides. Stress, much? For some, it's just to hard for them to keep religion as a factor their lives at that time, and they choose to discard because they "know" it won't come back to bite them. Because they "know" religion doesn't matter.

Also, on rebelling teens, I never meant for it to sound as if that was the only reason kids dropped religion.

Answer 6

Because we put them in a public school system where they are not allowed to show their faith... any faith, really. They learn early on that religious anything is a negative, and they turn away from the church. That is easy since by now, we have so many generations down the line from this same school system. Church is for older people, in the eyes of most kids.
By the time they are teenagers, they are on a rampage to fill the void that a lack of connection with the Creator has left. Drugs, Sex, Alcohol, Lying, Stealing, Gang involvement. All are attempts of kids to replace the spiritual aspect of their life. It is a sad state we are in.

Answer 7

I don't believe most teenagers don't believe in God. At the high school I went to, the majority of the students were Christian and it was obvious, even though it was a public school. I think some may fall away just because they're trying to separate themselves from their parents, but they always come back. "Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is OLD he will not depart from it", meaning, he'll walk away as a teen/young adult, but he'll come back. That's usually how it is. But in walking away, they still believe, they're just trying to take a step away from their parents and really understand and figure out the faith that they've always had just because their parents did. They're trying to figure out whether or not they still want that now that they have a choice. I think most figure out that they do still want it, but the walking away process can take years. They still believe in God during the process though. So, I think most teens really do believe in God.

Answer 8

It's not just teenagers, it's everyone. They feel something is lacking in their life or they can't come to terms with Christian beliefs so they search for something new and become Pagan or Atheist, etc.
M S: You're being stereotypical. Not every teenager thinks they know everything. I certainly don't. And it's not just thinking they know everything it's more like they're trying to be "bigger" or more important than they are. They're trying to make themselves known. And not all rebel against their parent. I only rebel against my dad but that's for more personal reasons than religion.

I'm pagan because it's what feels right. I'm not pagan because my parents don't want me to be.

BTW: Alot of teenagers I know are Christians. Maybe you should do an entire poll of the US and then find out that way.

Answer 9

Most teenagers are very pressured by the media, the jocks at their school, and being accepted. When none of their favorite idols/ celebrities openly believe in God, they aren't going to. This generation is having a lot of serious problems. And I doubt that the next one will be better.

Answer 10

Teenagers do believe in God.

The kind of believe in God is just like a thin line. They are not in depth in religions. They are more on their studies and other modern activities. They have very little time thinking for religion. They are in the race of catching the newess technologist.