{"id":1403974,"date":"2022-03-28T08:01:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403974"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:01:29","slug":"why-are-so-many-kids-rejecting-christianity-look-at-their-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-are-so-many-kids-rejecting-christianity-look-at-their-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are So Many Kids Rejecting Christianity? Look At Their Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-are-so-many-kids-rejecting-christianity-look-at-their-parents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403974&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-Matt_McLean_2017_Unsplash.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Cultural Research Center (CRC) is out with a new study <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wPnXaLJRJbGDBIhVtDgIapbmPykjAbsr\/view?_ga=2.265355407.1623630590.1648143921-1107177021.1648143921\">comparing<\/a> the number of American parents of children under age 13 who hold a biblical Christian worldview with those who adhere to competing secular alternatives. The results are a damning indictment of Americans\u2019 rejection of or simple indifference to a biblical worldview.<\/p>\n<p>Across all parents of pre-teens, only 2 percent hold a biblical worldview, which is defined as \u201cconsistently interpreting and responding to life situations based on biblical principles and teachings.\u201d Those with a biblical worldview believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God containing all moral truths.<\/p>\n<p>Among all respondents, other measured worldviews (such as secular humanism, nihilism, postmodernism, etc.) garnered even fewer adherents. Fully 94 percent subscribed to \u201ca blending of multiple worldviews in which no single life philosophy is dominant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The needle scarcely moves for all self-identified Christians (not just pre-teen parents). Only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arizonachristian.edu\/2020\/03\/24\/inaugural-crc-study-dangerously-low-percentage-of-americans-hold-biblical-worldview\/\">6 percent<\/a> of them look at and interpret the world through a biblical lens; that number rises to 21 percent among those attending evangelical Protestant churches.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the biblical Christian worldview has become so insignificant in the culture should be of concern to all Americans because our country, including its governing principles and legal system, was based on our founders\u2019 biblical worldview.<\/p>\n<p>All around, we see the results of our abandonment of the biblical worldview. According to CRC research, more than half of the population <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arizonachristian.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CRC_AWVI2021_Release08_Digital_01_20211019.pdf\">accepts<\/a> that truth is subjective.<\/p>\n<p>Without objective truth, there is no way to determine what\u2019s real and no moral absolutes to distinguish right from wrong. So we hear the popular \u201cmy truth\u201d refrain as the justification for any idea or behavior depending upon what feels right at the time.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"why-worldview-matters\">Why Worldview Matters<\/h2>\n<p>Professor Mikael Stenmark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/get\/diva2:1557349\/FULLTEXT01.pdf\">defines<\/a> worldview as \u201cbeliefs, values, and attitudes that \u2026 constitute [people\u2019s] basic understanding of (a) who they are, what the world is like, and what their place in it is, (b) what they should do to live a good and meaningful life, and (c) what they can say, know and rationally believe about these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A dividing line between a secular and a biblical worldview is the belief in how the world came to exist. Secularists hold that reality consists entirely of physical matter and forces, which can only be explained through science. For the secularist, the Big Bang and Darwinian evolution explain how all things came to be.<\/p>\n<p>Those with a biblical worldview believe in an all-encompassing divine mind \u2014 i.e., God \u2014 who rules over and maintains physical matter and forces. The theistic worldview is founded on the core belief that God exists and is the creator of all things.<\/p>\n<p>It is easy to see why the biblical worldview is all but extinct in the culture. Every living generation \u2014 baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, and many of the silent generation (pre-1945) \u2014 has been educated predominantly in a secular or naturalistic worldview based on the prevailing science of the Big Bang and Darwinian evolution.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"science-declares-god-is-dead\">Science Declares God Is Dead<\/h2>\n<p>The only \u201cofficial\u201d science approved to be taught in the primary grades through post-graduate education is the anti-faith naturalistic one. It\u2019s virtually illegal to teach anything that hints at creation science or intelligent design. The National Center for Science Education proudly <a href=\"https:\/\/ncse.ngo\/ten-major-court-cases-about-evolution-and-creationism\">displays<\/a> ten major court cases, including a Supreme Court ruling, that essentially ban the teaching of intelligent design.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the education system. Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski <a href=\"https:\/\/billdembski.com\/documents\/2004.04.Backlash.htm\">calls<\/a> the scientific establishment\u2019s approach to intelligent design a \u201czero-concession policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For example, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/sites\/default\/files\/0219boardstatement.pdf\">statement<\/a> claiming \u201cThere is no significant controversy within the scientific community about the validity of the theory of evolution. The current controversy surrounding the teaching of evolution is not a scientific one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scientists and post-graduate students who dare to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/a\/3077\/\">challenge<\/a> naturalistic-science orthodoxy are subject to professional ridicule, or loss of jobs or research funds. Peer-review journals reject their submissions, as do scientific conferences and meetings.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not in support of science that the establishment defends its official position so vehemently, but to protect its secular worldview. And the American Civil Liberties Union backs them up with legal firepower a detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/other\/frequently-asked-questions-about-intelligent-design\">statement<\/a> about why students must be protected against intelligent design at all costs.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"truth-will-come-out\">Truth Will Come Out<\/h2>\n<p>Not all scientists are so didactic. But the \u201cvital few\u201d in control have effectively kept any serious discussion of intelligent design from the rest of the scientific community. However, when they are presented with evidence supporting intelligent design, many discover truth there.<\/p>\n<p>That includes scientists like astronomer Allan Sandage, who studied under Edwin Hubble and continued his work after Hubble died. Sandage\u2019s study of astronomy and astrophysics led him to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/1988\/august-12\/christianity-today-institute-how-it-all-began.html\">conclude<\/a> there is \u201cevidence for what can only be described as a supernatural event,\u201d or what he called a \u201ccreation event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of members in the scientific community see much to challenge in Darwinian doctrine. More than 1,000 academics and scientists have <a href=\"https:\/\/dissentfromdarwin.org\/\">signed<\/a> the Dissent from Darwinism petition stating, \u201cWe are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The number of acclaimed scientists who challenge the establishment\u2019s orthodoxy is growing thanks to the work of places like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/\">Discovery Institute<\/a>, the research arm of the Center for Science and Culture.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rekindling-the-discussion\">Rekindling the Discussion<\/h2>\n<p>The education and scientific establishments have become co-conspirators in propagating their secular worldview and banishing the biblical one. But there is hope. Belief in God \u201cas described in the Bible\u201d is still held by a 54 percent majority of Americans, according to a 2022 poll <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/22\/poll-finds-most-americans-arent-going-to-church-heres-why-thats-a-big-problem\/\">reported<\/a> by The Federalist\u2019s Jordan Boyd.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that 72 percent of Americans agree the nation\u2019s moral compass is \u201cpointed in the wrong direction,\u201d she writes, \u201cAs generations age and the push for secularism and the erasure of faith continues in American establishments such as public schools, younger people are losing spiritual influence and instruction, and with it their faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is the ultimate goal of our society\u2019s ruling institutions, including government, education, science, medicine, and business. They are determined to wipe out faith by indoctrinating all into their secular worldview using the Big Bang and evolution as the cudgel.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the scientific establishment has been successful in shutting down discussion that the Bible might be true from beginning to end. But continuing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/a\/sixfold-evidence-for-intelligent-design\/\">research<\/a> in intelligent design and more scientists who question science\u2019s naturalistic orthodoxy will arm the public with information to support the biblical worldview and loosen the stranglehold of the secular one on our youth and culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet there be light,\u201d God said in Genesis 1:3. \u201cAnd there was light.\u201d Jesus said in John 8:32, \u201cYou will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d That day isn\u2019t here yet, but we pray it comes quickly.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Pamela Danziger is a market researcher specializing in the study of consumer behavior and motivation. Author of ten books, she shares insights as a senior contributor on Forbes.com. And as a Christian, she is co-founder of Faith Underground. She holds an M.L.S. from University of Maryland and B.A. in English Literature from Penn State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cultural Research Center (CRC) is out with a new study comparing the number of American parents of children under age 13 who hold a biblical Christian worldview with those<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":552,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}