[Apologetics] Seven in 10 Protestant Young Adults Quit Attending Church

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Art Kelly wrote:

> Seven in 10 Protestants ages 18 to 30 - both
> evangelical and mainline - who went to church
> regularly in high school said they quit attending by
> age 23, according to the survey by LifeWay Research. 
> 
> And 34% of those said they had not returned, even
> sporadically, by age 30. That means about one in four
> Protestant young people have left the church.

Worse, "evangelical" teens are statistically more likely
to be sexually immoral than their pagan peers.  Google
on "evangelical teen sexual" for lots of articles.

On the other hand, IQ is highly correlated with self control,
for both illicit sex and drug use.  Smart people don't do such stupid
things (except as a form of suicidal despair).  Just a gut feeling,
but I think that all the "dumbing down" evangelical churches have
been doing in an effort to be "relevant" has come back to bite them.

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