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Religious Faith Is Surging Among Young People
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#22Surge of faith, not religious faith. Spiritual faith has definitely increased. Religious affiliation not so much. We thrive as human beings and as families not by what faith we happen to hold, but by having faith in something far greater than ourselves. - John Bogle
People tend to do better in communities, but spiritualism doesn't provide community. Institutional religion provides community; that's the function of the institution. (It's not the only thing which provides community, but unlike most it provides community from cradle to grave.)
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Yep. Most of my friends' lives are hell. Psychological issues and no money for therapy is the recurring theme. Few turned to religion but some to extreme politics. They're definitely the two most potent opiates (besides drugs, which they also embrace). :c > if political Islam is a glimpse into the future instead of the past Haha. Handmaid's Tale, burka edition. I'm betting that remains in the real of redpiller fantas…
Religion and extreme politics seem to go hand-in-hand.
Anti-religion and extreme politics also seem to go hand-in-hand, fwiw. Might be worth looking at both topics within the limits of the extremities.
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#24As an atheist who doesn't believe in a singular omnipotent being, I'm not religious. However, I attended a Unitarian Universalist (UU) meeting in the past and found it to be quite compelling. UU might be an attractive option for those who desire a sense of community without a strong religious affiliation. I recommend considering UU as a potential gathering place.
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It's the opposite for me personally. While I still wouldn't say I believe in a tangible god or higher power in any meaningful way, I have come to grow more of an interest and appreciation for religion, specifically christianity, as I've gotten older. I'll never be a bible freak but I would like to, one day, be able to say I honestly believe in (a) god. I'm not sure what that means exactly, and it could be wrong, but…
You can become a Christian right now. 1. Admit you are a sinner, because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God - Romans 3:23, Romans 3:10-12, 1 John 1:10, James 2:10 2. Realize the penalty for sin, which is death, hell, and eternal separation from God - Revelation 21:8, Romans 6:23, Galatians 5:19-21, 1 Corinthians 6:9, James 1:15 3. Believe that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again to pay for your sin…
> I know that I deserve to go to hell
Why do I deserve to go to hell? My life was and continues to be pretty boring: as a child I went to school, I did my homework and got good grades, later I went to college, and later still I got a Ph.D.. Then I got a job, I got married, got kids. I continue to go to work, I get paid, pay my taxes (if you prefer, "I render unto Caesar what's due to Caesar"). I don't steal or con people. I don't cheat on my wife. I don't take Lord's name in vain, because I don't swear in general. I honor may parents. I don't observe the Sabbath, I don't even know if it's supposed to be on Saturday on Sunday. I don't worship idols, either 2D or 3D, because I'm an atheist.
Why exactly am I supposed to go to hell?
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's the opposite for me personally. While I still wouldn't say I believe in a tangible god or higher power in any meaningful way, I have come to grow more of an interest and appreciation for religion, specifically christianity, as I've gotten older. I'll never be a bible freak but I would like to, one day, be able to say I honestly believe in (a) god. I'm not sure what that means exactly, and it could be wrong, but…
You can become a Christian right now. 1. Admit you are a sinner, because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God - Romans 3:23, Romans 3:10-12, 1 John 1:10, James 2:10 2. Realize the penalty for sin, which is death, hell, and eternal separation from God - Revelation 21:8, Romans 6:23, Galatians 5:19-21, 1 Corinthians 6:9, James 1:15 3. Believe that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again to pay for your sin…
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You can become a Christian right now. 1. Admit you are a sinner, because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God - Romans 3:23, Romans 3:10-12, 1 John 1:10, James 2:10 2. Realize the penalty for sin, which is death, hell, and eternal separation from God - Revelation 21:8, Romans 6:23, Galatians 5:19-21, 1 Corinthians 6:9, James 1:15 3. Believe that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again to pay for your sin…
> I know that I deserve to go to hell Why do I deserve to go to hell? My life was and continues to be pretty boring: as a child I went to school, I did my homework and got good grades, later I went to college, and later still I got a Ph.D.. Then I got a job, I got married, got kids. I continue to go to work, I get paid, pay my taxes (if you prefer, "I render unto Caesar what's due to Caesar"). I don't steal or con pe…
You can live a good life, but if you've transgressed the law at any point you're guilty of it all. Jesus himself said if you even look at a woman with lust your heart is guilty of adultery, or if you're angry at your brother your heart is guilty of murder.
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” - James 2:10
"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." - Revelation 21:8
"The thought of foolishness is sin: And the scorner is an abomination to men." - Proverbs 24:9
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." - Isaiah 64:6
I don't know about you, but I've BEEN unbelieving in my past, I've lied and sometimes still do, and I've thought foolishness and still do. So I've transgressed God's law, but it has been forgiven of me because I accepted God's plan of salvation, which is faith in Jesus Christ through His substitutionary death on the cross and bodily resurrection.
If you never broke God's law, you'd never die and you would completely earn your salvation. It's impossible for us, but it was possible for Jesus because he was God and born to a virgin, therefore he was fully man and fully God. His work on the cross makes it possible to be born again in this life, with his same duality (having our flesh and our spirit), and the promise that we will one day receive a new body without sin.
The point is, God is so entirely holy that we cannot be reconciled by anything that we do with our bodies, or "works". Faith is required to receive the gift Jesus Christ paid for, which is not something we do with our body, it's a spiritual transaction.
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." - 2 Corinthians 5:21
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” - 1 Peter 2:24
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#28> About one-third of 18-to-25-year-olds say they believe—more than doubt—the existence of a higher power, up from about one-quarter in 2021, according to a recent survey of young adults. So - "Religious Faith is Surging..." seems an extremely optimistic spin on that. (The article does point out how crappy the world and future have seemed for young people in recent years. And the supposed "There are no atheists in fox…
I'm a late melinial, and anecdotally I've noticed that a few atheist friends have become religious. They generally have unfortunate live, and it obviously seems like a way to cope. When not religion, some of them embrace extreme politics. If life is getting harder and society more psychopathic, it makes sense to me that religion is making a comeback. Doubt it will get to levels we had before, but it makes me wonder i…
> If life is getting harder and society more psychopathic...
Society is getting more psychopathic. I like that way of putting it. It succinctly expresses something that I think many of us observe, but struggle to put into words.
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#29> About one-third of 18-to-25-year-olds say they believe—more than doubt—the existence of a higher power, up from about one-quarter in 2021, according to a recent survey of young adults. So - "Religious Faith is Surging..." seems an extremely optimistic spin on that. (The article does point out how crappy the world and future have seemed for young people in recent years. And the supposed "There are no atheists in fox…
One-third minus one-quarter is 1/12th, or 8%. 8% in two years... it might be fair to call that a "surge".
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> I know that I deserve to go to hell Why do I deserve to go to hell? My life was and continues to be pretty boring: as a child I went to school, I did my homework and got good grades, later I went to college, and later still I got a Ph.D.. Then I got a job, I got married, got kids. I continue to go to work, I get paid, pay my taxes (if you prefer, "I render unto Caesar what's due to Caesar"). I don't steal or con pe…
You can live a good life, but if you've transgressed the law at any point you're guilty of it all. Jesus himself said if you even look at a woman with lust your heart is guilty of adultery, or if you're angry at your brother your heart is guilty of murder. "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” - James 2:10 "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and…
I can't say that you had me at "hello". In fact you lost me where the fearful deserve to burn in fire and brimstone just the same as the murderer. Really? The punishment for fear is to burn?