I’ve been reading a book called unChristian by David Kinnaman for Seminary. In essence, the author has done research on perceptions of Christianity by both believers and non-believers. The results are staggering. Most concerning is the apparent lack of difference between Christians and non-Christians on many issues. Here is an excerpt from the book. He has just finished talking about the generational gap among believers concerning what they believe to be morally acceptable.
Here is another interesting point of comparison: just 5 percent of born-again Busters say they have recently given someone “the finger.” But compared to this vulgar gesture, born-again Christian young people are three times more likely to have had sex outside of marriage in the last month (18 percent), five times more likely to have gotten drunk (24 percent), and five times more likely to have purchased a lottery ticket (25 percent). They hold up thier middle finger much less frequently than they use profanity in public (36 percent), view explicit sexual content in a magazine or a movie (36 percent), or say mean things about each others (40 percent).
Thoughts?
No comments:
Post a Comment