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Originally Posted by fxashun  And? What does that prove? Haven't the younger generation always been a little less "religious" that the older ones. These same 60 year olds now were the same hippies and protesters during the 60's. By the time I'm 60, I might actually carry a bible in my car, because at 18-22 the last thing
I wanted to hear was a religion telling me not to chase ass and get in trouble. | You expressed interest in why that specific age range. I replied that it was simply offered as a comparison.
I don't know that I would say that the younger generation has always been less religious than the previous one. Certainly that has been the case in the last two generations, but I really can't speak for the time beyond that point.
I suspect that people become 'more religious' as they get older because of an inborn fear of their own mortality. as they approach an age where the immortality complex, that most young people have, wears off, they turn to religion as a way of extending their lives beyond the mortal realm. |