How to win a culture war and lose a generation:
I expect this to be a popular article--and I expect the standard flood of "there are lots of good Christians too!" responses.
( Count me nonplussed. )
When asked by The Barna Group what words or phrases best describe Christianity, the top response among Americans ages 16-29 was “antihomosexual.” For a staggering 91 percent of non-Christians, this was the first word that came to their mind when asked about the Christian faith. The same was true for 80 percent of young churchgoers. (The next most common negative images? : “judgmental,” “hypocritical,” and “too involved in politics.”)Emphasis in original. The article is written by a Christian who is denouncing the evangelical-political factions; she asks, "Is a political 'victory' really worth losing millions more young people to cynicism regarding the Church?"
I expect this to be a popular article--and I expect the standard flood of "there are lots of good Christians too!" responses.
( Count me nonplussed. )
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