[hinckley buzzard]

Good question. It is a reflection of the historic tendency for faith to dwindle in times of relative prosperity and material comfort. Millenials for the most part are well-insulated from the hard realities of life and cannot conceive of needing to place their faith in anyone or anything nonmaterial. Only a bruising failure of secular institutions could result in another Great Awakening, and I don't see that happening short of nuclear exchange.

[Wallace T.]

We had a strong uptick in church attendance following the 9-11 attacks, but that lasted for a few months, at most. And that was 16 years ago. One thing to consider: Millenials, like Baby Boomers and Generation X, may grow more conservative as they age. This was true also of the GI, or Greatet, Generation, which voted strongly for Johnson in 1964, but later move strongly to Reagan in 1980 and 1984.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I think you summed it up well. Of course death for all and old age for the strong and lucky await everyone, but the young think they can ignore that for the moment.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; ~ Ecclesiastes 12:1