Posted on 04/27/2010 4:45:03 PM PDT by TaraP
But then there is the JPII generation, which is something to behold, indeed.
Heard about this on the radio this morning... the consensus was that the millennials worship themselves.
Homosexuality, Abortion on demand, Worship of Celebrity, Broken Homes, Vanity, Self Absorption, Entitlement is what today’s Paris Hilton Lindsay Lohan Generation is exposed to..
Very sad.....
you left out porn, video games and iPods.
They will all be praying by the time this Depression is over.
I would add a "/s" tag, but it's probably true...
The intended effects of liberalism.
This is the inevitable result of the removal of God from public life and institutions, and it is indeed heartbreaking.
MM (in TX)
40 years of public school leftist indoctrination has taken its toll.
This explains a lot of what I see in folks in their 20s-30s these days. Unbelieveable - if it isn’t about them, it is irrelevant. I call them generation N (for “narcissist”)
I have some (guarded) hope for the generation following that one - the ones who will be the next batch of new voters for 2012. If my son’s friends (public and private schools) are any sign, they lean conservative. I have been seeing more and more kids like this. My son is conservative for sure, he is VERY upset at what the rats are doing to his future. We butt heads on most everything else but in faith and politics he and I see eye to eye.
Part of it, at least around here is it seems parents seem much more involved in schools and children’s education than they were previously, including a huge number of homeschoolers (almost 1.3 million kids now). It seemed brand new when we first started in the 90s.
I hope it’s not just local and is a movement among young folks
What could you expect? Christian leaders have passively accepted the assault on Christianity in our society for generations. I hear Evangelical pastors quoting scripture that states that we must support our leaders (Obama the Muslim), and stay out of politics.
In my church I have seen Christian children grow up, finish high school and go off to the universities. I have also been aware of all of the prayer requests for the children who rejected Christianity.
There has been a planned, concerted effort to turn America into a secularist nation. It can’t be a surprise that Christians are the only group in America that can be vilified in the media and in the schools.
Try insulting a minority member. Or a Muslim. So who in their right mind can be surprised that young Americans are rejecting Christianity?
Generation “N”?! Yes. That nails it.
I dunno.
We have quite a few Millennials in our Orthodox parish. They receive Holy Communion every week, so I imagine they are preparing to receive the Holy Mysteries by the same prayers, fasting, and Confession that we do. Some are also in the choir and/or are Readers.
It’s hard not to be a real Christian if you are a regular Orthodox. Our real problem is that we don’t reach out to the community to bring in people who are without Christ—i.e., most of the people in our Blue State.
Very sad news indeed.
Maybe we need to knock on doors (and I am including myself in that). The various cults do it a lot.
But they've got all that self esteem.
The recent scandals involving catholic priests aren’t exactly a P.R. dream scenario either.
I am delighted that the two Crusher children are devout small “o” orthodox Christians of the Anglican persuasion (as opposed the Episcopalians, who are the liturgical wing of Comintern). But then, Mrs Crusher and I refused to let the government indoctrination center touch them, and we unapologetically raised them in the faith.
Jesus IS everything; and I was born in 1980; until recently, I was a “mushy Christian”..! -J. S.
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