Half of young people report feeling disconnected from their religious backgrounds, according to a new report.
A new survey found that half of people ages 13 to 25 think that religious institutions care little for the issues that matter deeply to them, such as racial justice, gender equity, immigration rights, income inequality and gun control, and that may be driving a decline in membership for several denominations,
reported the Wall Street Journal.
"I don't accept the teachings when it comes to discrimination," said Christian Camacho, a 22-year-old who grew up in a conservative Catholic family in Minneapolis. "I know a fair number of young people who don't go to church, not because they will be discriminated against — they just have no reason to go."
Half of young people report feeling disconnected from their religious backgrounds, according to a new report.A new survey found that half of people ages 13 to 25 think that religious institutions care little for the issues that matter deeply to them, such as racial justice, gender equity...
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Churches should get with the times and stop preaching hate against LGBT people.
Keep preaching hate and you will lose people.
I have noticed when i last went to church, there are fewer people in the pews.
Probably if they started accepting LGBT people and stopped preaching hate then people would return to the church.
It's time for the churches to get with the times.
All the things they have indoctrinated our children to believe by overtaking the school system and teaching our children to not be Christians.
True Christians do not hate those who consider themselves LGBTQ..., however they do consider the things that they do as evil and bad. Hate the sin and love the sinner. Loving the sinner does not consist of agreeing with their sin and accepting it as an OK thing to do in society. Racial justice is a basic teaching in Christianity. Jesus taught to love your neighbor as yourself. He taught us to love all mankind. God has, however, cursed certain peoples for their wickedness, and has commanded the righteous not to intermarry with the wicked. Thus in the bible we have the sons of God and the sons of men. These types of commandments were given so that those among the righteous do not follow after the wicked practices of those who choose to do evil. As far as gender equality is concerned, you cannot make a man a woman in the eyes of God nor can you make a woman a man. God created each of us to be either a man or woman. Gender confusion is not a true principle and is against God and his creation. Man and woman were meant to become one through the bonds of Holy matrimony.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
11 Nevertheless neither is the
man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply
, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
The bible clearly teaches that homosexuality is not just a sin but an abomination in the eyes of God. God created man and woman to be joined together to have offspring. Homosexuality goes directly against God's reason for creating man and woman. It is against the natural use of our bodies. We should seek to do away with such perversions in our societies. But today our world has become as Sodom and Gomorrah. Such things are so abominable that God will soon come upon the earth and destroy the wicked. Does this mean that God wants us to hate the wicked? NO! He wants us to love one another and to teach each other true principles of righteousness and to call one another unto repentance of our evil ways so that we can be forgiven of our trespasses. God is the judge and has taught us all not to judge one another unrighteously but has also taught us to avoid the very appearance of sin.
Regarding Immigration rights, income inequality and gun control, all I can say is that if you going by the laws of the land regarding immigration laws, then immigration rights are those given to those who legally immigrate into our country. Those who cross our borders illegally do not have the same rights as citizens or those who cross the border legally. The rule of Joe Biden today is destroying our country and he should be thrown out of office. Income inequality is the outcome of a free and open market society. It is a better way of doing things than adhering to socialism or communism. We have seen the outcome of countries that follow those types of false economic and unlawful practices. The reason so many people want to migrate to the USA is because we are a free and open society. Those who do migrate to our country hope for something better than the socialistic and communistic control found in their countries of origin. However, in the kingdom of God, there is more of a true economic equality due to one another caring for the poor and needy. God has taught that we should not have huge massive income inequality.
20 But it is not given that one man should possess that which is above another, wherefore the world lieth in sin.
God's true economic law is a huge subject and we can discuss this in another thread if desired. However, his true law of equality is not found in the false economic systems of socialism and communism. Under these false systems, the ruling class usually are not equal with the common folk.
I believe that the Constitution of the USA is an inspired document from God. It has established great freedom in our country and having the right to bear arms is a part of that document. That very right is not to be infringed although many today seem to think that is a good idea. In fact that right has been infringed already. The main purpose we were given that right is so that we could rise up and rebel against any government that becomes tyrannous. I believe that there are many today in government that wish to become tyrannous. Do you see the problems the people in Australia are having today with their government? One of the main reasons they are in the predicament they find themselves in is because they gave up their right to bear arms. Now the government comes down on them with a hammer and sickle.
The constitution of the USA is a great document for maintaining freedom for the people in a world of wicked secret combinations. We should all hold fast to the constitution and preserve our freedoms.
Many of the youth today have been indoctrinated through the radical left agenda that has ruined our school systems. Now they want to teach CRA to our children which I find to be offensive.
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