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More evidence of the growth of irreligion

06.04.07 | Comment?

This time it’s about teenagers. According to a survey put out by an evangelical group, belief in heaven has declined six percent, to 69%, in just the last two years. And only a quarter of teens strongly believe that the evangelical path to heaven will get them there.

Adherence to traditional doctrines like sola fide is inconsistent at best. More than half believe in the “good works” path to heaven so maligned by evangelicals; less than a third believe in the traditional Jesus-only path to heaven.

Thirty-nine percent pray regularly—doesn’t say how that’s defined—and only 14% said they read the Bible regularly. Assuming that these two groups overlap, that makes for very few actually practicing teenage evangelicals.

Church attendance is a little better than the national average—just over half—but it’s well known that church involvement starts to decline during high school (which the study shows) and then plummets during the college years. And Baptist baptism rates continue a quick decline. Not good new for evangelicals.

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