Millennials Are Leaving Religion And Not Coming Back

[Xolodno]

10. The irony....

...the nut case evangelicals will push this as more evidence that the world is coming to an end. Continue feeding on the fear of their flock....they are not good shepherds, they are bad shepherds. And of course, continue to fleece them for every dime they get.

In an another irony, during the revolutionary war, religion had a seriously bad name as the state and church were one and the same...both corrupt. When religion was hard cut from state, Jefferson assumed the end was nigh for organized religion. Instead, it flourished. Unable to influence government with its money, they built hospitals, orphanages, schools, parks, etc. Because they were fulfilling a public good and need, they grew.

Now, they build massive "bible retreats" that resemble large scale resorts for the elite, huge auditoriums that put the city government to shame and donate insanely to every GOP politician because...like in and abusive relationship, continue to promise them things they will never give them...save for the occasional token victory.

Meanwhile, a church that has excluded politics, continues to help the community in schools, homelessness, after school programs, etc. Gets pissed on.

Just to give you an example of how things are fucked up;

Right Wing Christian Camp; tell a ghost story at camp fire....get reprimanded because the story didn't glorify the Lord. And the person doing the reprimand went to camp where said story was perfectly acceptable.

Non-Right Wing Christian Camp...or for that matter any Camp; tell a ghost story...everyone says "wow"

Jesus attending the Non-Right Wing Camp; "Wow..is there more to this story? If not, does anyone else have a good story?".