I remember listening to a series on NPR one time about young adults leaving their religion behind. The thrust of the weeklong series centered on the increasing number among the emerging generations who no longer claim any religious affiliation.
Some gave traumatic grief as a reason for giving up, and others named a ponderous ecclesiastical hierarchy they no longer found useful, while still others struggled with what felt like the silliness of trying to find consolation in mythology. I got the impression from listening to them that theyâ??ve thought more about religion than many of the people I know whoâ??ve remained in the church. Theyâ??ve carved their disbelief out of the cold existential marble of a future scape devoid of religious infrastructure.
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