The Christian Post reports: Nearly half of Gen Z Americans say Christians’ support for President Donald Trump is a reason they’re less likely to attend church, according to a new study. The Billy Graham Center Research Institute surveyed 2,365 Gen Z adults, ages 18-28. The study was funded by the Lilly Endowment. According to the …
I mean, I wouldn’t answer that as a primary reason either. That doesn’t mean the other 52% see no issue or want to go to church because of Trump. There are so, so many other issues I have with mainstream Christianity that evangelical support of Trump wouldn’t be in the top 10 reasons I wouldn’t go to church.
According to the research, 48% of respondents said they agree with the statement “Christians’ support of Trump has made me less likely to go to church.”
Personally, if I wasn’t planning on ever going in the first place, I wouldn’t agree with that statement either.
Or, it is shockingly high for a poorly designed survey question. If you were already at a 0% chance of attending church then you could reasonably respond “strongly disagree” and that resolution is completely lost.
Personally, I don’t go to church for a lot of reasons. The “Christian right’s” willingness to overlook his empty promises and obnoxious false idolize is a recent addition to that list. So I would agree that it makes me less likely to do something I already had no intention of doing.
48% is a disturbingly low.
I mean, I wouldn’t answer that as a primary reason either. That doesn’t mean the other 52% see no issue or want to go to church because of Trump. There are so, so many other issues I have with mainstream Christianity that evangelical support of Trump wouldn’t be in the top 10 reasons I wouldn’t go to church.
Personally, if I wasn’t planning on ever going in the first place, I wouldn’t agree with that statement either.
Or, it is shockingly high for a poorly designed survey question. If you were already at a 0% chance of attending church then you could reasonably respond “strongly disagree” and that resolution is completely lost.
Personally, I don’t go to church for a lot of reasons. The “Christian right’s” willingness to overlook his empty promises and obnoxious false idolize is a recent addition to that list. So I would agree that it makes me less likely to do something I already had no intention of doing.
Different perspective: if 48% of your house’s foundation were leaning, you’d think that was disturbingly high.
True, but that’s not any better!
The first sign of the mental illness epidemic, was the beginning of neoliberal politics, several decades ago.
The 100th sign, was Trumps first term.