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Gen Z and their thoughts on religion are very eye-opening...
Posted on 1/4/26 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 1/4/26 at 5:46 pm
While the newest generation to come of age is no doubt among the most secular generation in American history (15% of them are atheists while another 27% do not identify with a particular religion), for the first time in American history we are seeing a generation with more Catholic Christians than Protestant Christians.
This is definitely something to keep an eye on going forward.
This is definitely something to keep an eye on going forward.
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Posted on 1/4/26 at 5:53 pm to RollTide1987
Now imagine how popular it would be if it wasn't a cesspool of corruption and greed. From the leadership standpoint and not the belief standpoint of course.
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Posted on 1/4/26 at 5:58 pm to RollTide1987
What is fascinating about it to me is that the growth of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches has primarily been among young men not young women. In past generations, churches were full of young women while young men were hard pressed to go. Today, that trend is utterly reversed. The churches are full of young men and not a single young woman to be found.
Young men have been systematically abused and abandoned by every institution in society, so they are turning to religion to give them some sort of role in society, some hope, and some direction. Young women are instead continuing to embrace hedonism and consumerism. It is young men, today, who want marriage, kids, and committed relationships, and it is young women who want freedom, non-monogamy, and lives of travel and leisure.
We live in very strange times in inverse of what society has known for decades.
Young men have been systematically abused and abandoned by every institution in society, so they are turning to religion to give them some sort of role in society, some hope, and some direction. Young women are instead continuing to embrace hedonism and consumerism. It is young men, today, who want marriage, kids, and committed relationships, and it is young women who want freedom, non-monogamy, and lives of travel and leisure.
We live in very strange times in inverse of what society has known for decades.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:00 pm to RollTide1987
Is that a result of an increase in the Hispanic population?
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:01 pm to RollTide1987
I’ve posted about this before, we have a bunch if young people in our parish’s OCIA. I would say the average age is late 20’s. This is in a very evangelical area of the state where Catholics are easily 10% or less of the population
It’s quite amazing to witness.
It’s quite amazing to witness.
This post was edited on 1/4/26 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:03 pm to kingbob
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In past generations, churches were full of young women while young men were hard pressed to go. Today, that trend is utterly reversed.
It’s true. Everyone says “go to church to find a woman” but every woman there is already married/engaged. Personally, I go for my beliefs, I’ve always found it strange that some men tie themselves into knots to find a woman; changing habits, beliefs, etc.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:04 pm to kingbob
Drove by first baptist church in rosenberg. There was a for sale sign out front. Church had been there over 100 years. People quit going. Do people now need some big expensive mega church production to go?
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:05 pm to kingbob
quote:Strange times indeed. Good post.
What is fascinating about it to me is that the growth of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches has primarily been among young men not young women. In past generations, churches were full of young women while young men were hard pressed to go. Today, that trend is utterly reversed. The churches are full of young men and not a single young woman to be found.
Young men have been systematically abused and abandoned by every institution in society, so they are turning to religion to give them some sort of role in society, some hope, and some direction. Young women are instead continuing to embrace hedonism and consumerism. It is young men, today, who want marriage, kids, and committed relationships, and it is young women who want freedom, non-monogamy, and lives of travel and leisure.
We live in very strange times in inverse of what society has known for decades.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:08 pm to texas tortilla
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Do people now need some big expensive mega church production to go?
For protestant churches, yes. They are largely just social events now.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:11 pm to texas tortilla
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Do people now need some big expensive mega church production to go?
Zoomer men feel abandoned by modern society and are returning to traditionalism. Zoomer women are embracing modernity and rejecting anything that might tell them that they're not perfect, that they need to improve anything about themselves, and that they need to face any accountability for anything they do.
As a result, young women are abandoning churches, seeing them as oppressive, while young men are returning to traditional catholicism and eastern orthodox in the hopes that they will be embraced by someone who has something to tell them other than "you're evil", "go to therapy", "you're not diverse", or "be better". The zoomer men are hoping to feel belonging, community, and purpose, so they seek out rituals.
This post was edited on 1/4/26 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:14 pm to RollTide1987
GenX : Christian religious groups are important for community and values. I don’t like how they have no problem abusing God’s creation (nature) anytime they have a whim.
A church near me recently wiped out some mature hardwoods (white oaks?) ostensibly so it would be easier to see the sanctuary from the road. I can’t support that.
A church near me recently wiped out some mature hardwoods (white oaks?) ostensibly so it would be easier to see the sanctuary from the road. I can’t support that.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:17 pm to kingbob
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What is fascinating about it to me is that the growth of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches has primarily been among young men not young women
I mean it's all due to online influencers and id bet a lot of money the origination of the talking point was from Russia. That's why it's all men and few women
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:19 pm to RollTide1987
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This is definitely something to keep an eye on going forward.
Not really. Catholics have made up the same percentage across all those generations. This is about Protestants losing to non-believers.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:20 pm to RollTide1987
One post here with actual data and a bunch of people overlaying their beliefs into the data.
I suggest that white evangelicals have exposed their religion as politics dressed up as church.
I suggest that white evangelicals have exposed their religion as politics dressed up as church.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:23 pm to kingbob
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growth of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
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primarily been among young men
Manly churches this is true. Parishes with effete pastors aren’t seeing the same thing.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:32 pm to RollTide1987
32 here. Not a zoomer but I went back to the Catholic Church in recent years and honestly its helped me a lot.
And a good chunk of the people at church are younger and its mixed men and women.
And a good chunk of the people at church are younger and its mixed men and women.
This post was edited on 1/4/26 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:58 pm to RollTide1987
Clearly, it's the Jews running everything. 
I hate whomever made that chart, though. Changing the religion's representative color between two charts on the same slide seems a very ... jeet... thing to do. WTF is wrong with that guy?
The US is going the way of Europe, and look how that worked out. The only decent counties left (day to day, immigrant crime, etc.) are in Eastern Europe that refused to secularize.
I hate whomever made that chart, though. Changing the religion's representative color between two charts on the same slide seems a very ... jeet... thing to do. WTF is wrong with that guy? The US is going the way of Europe, and look how that worked out. The only decent counties left (day to day, immigrant crime, etc.) are in Eastern Europe that refused to secularize.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 7:03 pm to RollTide1987
The Catholic trend is from immigration almost entirely. The atheist this is simply piss poor parenting.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 7:16 pm to texas tortilla
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Do people now need some big expensive mega church production to go?
The problem is not the building. The problem is what passes for church. A typical nondenominational Protestant service consists of thirty minutes of music, thirty minutes of a shallow and carefully sanitized message, followed by more music, an altar call, and an emotional close. People can attend every single Sunday for years and still know almost nothing about the Bible, its structure, its doctrines, or its demands.
Many Christians are never taught how Scripture fits together or why the faith teaches what it teaches. I have seen people ask pastors serious theological questions only to be told not to worry about the small stuff. Theology is not small stuff. It is the foundation. Remove it and Christianity collapses into nothing more than self help talk wrapped in religious language.
When was the last time you heard a pastor teach deeply and systematically through Scripture instead of cherry picking verses to support a feel good message? When was the last time a church confronted open, unrepentant sin among its members, let alone removed someone from fellowship as the Bible commands? These institutions claim to believe Scripture, yet they behave as if doctrine and discipline are liabilities while attendance, revenue, and public image are the real priorities.
People see through this very quickly. They realize they are not being discipled but entertained. They are not part of a body shaped by truth but a social club that expects regular financial contributions. Once that realization sets in, people either leave entirely or they stay and search for the most comfortable and affirming version of the club.
Churches have failed by hollowing themselves out from the inside.
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