More young people are doubting God’s existence. This is according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.
The survey shows over the last five years, more Americans 30 and under are questioning their beliefs.
The Pew Research Center conducted the same survey in 2007. Back then, 83 percent of Americans 30 and harbored no doubts. This year only 68 percent expressed no doubt in God’s existence.
Douglas Jacobson, a professor at Messiah College, attributes this drop off partly to, of all things, social media.
A few people we talked to Monday night also agree that a computer chair might be taking the place of a pew.
Professor Jacobson adds that some churches taking stronger stances on certain issues is a turnoff to young people.
Another person we spoke with thinks its because the focus of some churches has shifted.
The 15 percent drop in those under 30 believing in God, a statistic some find staggering, could it serve as a wake up call or does improving this number start a little closer to home?
Other age groups were asked the same question but none of them showed more than a two percent change from 2007.
The survey shows over the last five years, more Americans 30 and under are questioning their beliefs.
The Pew Research Center conducted the same survey in 2007. Back then, 83 percent of Americans 30 and harbored no doubts. This year only 68 percent expressed no doubt in God’s existence.
Douglas Jacobson, a professor at Messiah College, attributes this drop off partly to, of all things, social media.
A few people we talked to Monday night also agree that a computer chair might be taking the place of a pew.
Professor Jacobson adds that some churches taking stronger stances on certain issues is a turnoff to young people.
Another person we spoke with thinks its because the focus of some churches has shifted.
The 15 percent drop in those under 30 believing in God, a statistic some find staggering, could it serve as a wake up call or does improving this number start a little closer to home?
Other age groups were asked the same question but none of them showed more than a two percent change from 2007.