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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 15, 2019 15:52:03 GMT
A new United Kingdom survey showing an overwhelming majority of 16-29-year-olds believe life has no purpose or meaning can be directly attributed to the decline of Christianity in the country, says the founder of Answers In Genesis. The poll of 1,500 British people by Yakult UK showed 89 percent of those ages 16-29 say life lacks purpose or meaning, compared to 55 percent of those over 60 who answered that way. The Sun newspaper was the first media outlet to report the survey. Answers In Genesis founder and CEO Ken Ham blamed a lack of faith among young people for the tragic data. A separate 2018 poll showed only 2 percent of those ages 18-24 are affiliated with the Church of England.
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Post by barb43 on Aug 16, 2019 1:17:55 GMT
That 89% is sad, but not shocking. What bothered me in this article was the statistic that 55% of those 60 and older feel the same way - that life has no meaning. They would have been raised in what I consider here in the US to be a golden age of learning, of invention, of exploration, and countries that were moving ahead of their pasts in leaps and bounds. Maybe I'm an odd duck, but I always thought of God Himself as being in charge of all that.
The article states, "Among all age groups, 80 percent in Britain said life has no meaning or purpose. The teaching of evolutionary theory as fact, Ham says, also is to blame for the data.
I'll agree with that.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 16, 2019 10:11:12 GMT
What bothered me in this article was the statistic that 55% of those 60 and older feel the same way - that life has no meaning. They would have been raised in what I consider here in the US to be a golden age of learning, of invention, of exploration, and countries that were moving ahead of their pasts in leaps and bounds. Maybe I'm an odd duck, but I always thought of God Himself as being in charge of all that. Perhaps that relates to the fact that the decline of christian values and morality and the rise of extreme liberalism that we are now having in the US started in England and much of the rest of Europe a few decades sooner than it did here. In many ways Europe is a picture of where our nation is most likely heading in the very near future if we don't have a major revival very soon.
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