A fé dos teenagers

Os teenagers da América profunda estão a perder a fé. Não, não são jornalistas e sociólogos liberais que o dizem, mas sim os próprios Reborn Christians:

Their alarm has been stoked by a highly suspect claim that if current trends continue, only 4 percent of teenagers will be “Bible-believing Christians” as adults. That would be a sharp decline compared with 35 percent of the current generation of baby boomers, and before that, 65 percent of the World War II generation

Genuine alarm can be heard from Christian teenagers and youth pastors, who say they cannot compete against a pervasive culture of cynicism about religion, and the casual “hooking up” approach to sex so pervasive on MTV, on Web sites for teenagers and in hip-hop, rap and rock music. Divorced parents and dysfunctional families also lead some teenagers to avoid church entirely or to drift away.

A estratégia para travar o declínio parece passar pela criação de uma estação que seja contracorrente à MTV. Resta saber se o rock cristão estará à altura de tão espinhosa missão.