Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by lotsofpulp on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:21AM
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> In the modern occidental society, Christianity, which was the spiritual tradition, was abandoned and rejected by almost all the teenagers and young adults at the end of the '60s and by the following generations.
>All the next generations until now, in its majority, were declaring to be atheist and rejecting all spiritual side of life.
This is contrary to pretty much all data (for the US). Easiest one is to try and see how far you get running for US President being a non Christian.
https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christ...
Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by Smooth-Weather on Monday December 27, 2021 @01:48PM
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Yes, indeed. I should have specified my geographical region: Western Europe. It's a very different situation compared to the USA.
Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by JeanV-pip on Monday December 27, 2021 @09:34AM
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That aligns with my experience. I currently live in South Florida, and fall almost in your bracket. Since 2019-2020 i started to read the bible and go to church (catholic), and now I’m workin g on my confirmation. In 2021 i went to a retreat where there were almost 100 people around the 18-35 bracket. I would say around half of them were going through a similar conversion as me.
In the modern occidental society, Christianity, which was the spiritual tradition, was abandoned and rejected by almost all the teenagers and young adults at the end of the '60s and by the following generations.
All the next generations until now, in its majority, were declaring to be atheist and rejecting all spiritual side of life.
I don't know if all the Covid related situation changed something but, around me (25-30 years old), a non-negligible part of them started to gain an interest in spirituality (mainly Catholicism here).