Young Christians Leaving Faith: A Liberal Christian Adds to the Dialogue

  Hemant Mehta, The Friendly Atheist, has responded to a CNN article from a Christian who had her own take on why church attendance has been faltering, and I've been trying to keep you updated as the dialogue continues  here.

  A more liberal Christian,  has given her more diplomatic, reasoned, and inclusive two bits on the matter. Hemant reports here:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/08/14/a-christian-offers-her-own-reasons-millennials-are-leaving-the-church-and-gives-credit-to-atheists/

Rachel's blog post makes a good read. Hemant quotes her in his article. Further still is this:

"3. Science answers questions that used to be the province of religion

The earth was flat; the sun revolved around the earth; illness was God's judgment; storms, chaos, and death were the evidence of the disfavor mankind had curried with the Supreme Being. As in most cultures, the Christian world attributed what it feared and could not understand to some supernatural judgment or force. (Even today, every time there's an earthquake or tsunami we still hear this mega-preacher or that televangelist assuring us that God massacred however many people half way across the world, because gays are allowed to roam about gayly gay-ing at will, and God doesn't like gaying gays, so he'll kill a bunch of unconnected folks, just to teach the gay-coddlers a lesson. Because, God is love). Now, science has replaced superstition, giving concrete answers in lieu of self-serving ones. Anyone genuinely curious to understand how a given illness works, can find out. You can still simply resort to, “sin! Judgment!” of course, but that argument no longer holds the persuasive force it once did simply because we know better. Back in the day, superstition provided an answer, no matter how bad; and until such time as there was a better answer available, it held sway over people's minds. But those days are gone. Science has provided the better answer, and religion, which was content simply to reap the benefits of people's fears, is obsolete in this respect."

  As Hemant and others who commented on his post have said already, I can't understand why she still clings to the idea of Christianity, but glad she at least approaches it with open eyes and open mind.

   I'll be checking out more of her blog as time allows. It looks like an interesting read from a well written blogger.