Ever since I have been alive (54 years) people have been telling me they believe in God.
Since I was a little boy, I have asked the following question: “How do you know God exists?” and many times the answer has been. “Well, if God doesn’t exist, how else can you explain our universe?”
Just because I don’t have a theory of my own doesn’t mean that your theory is right.
Millennials and Generation Z care less about God
Of the newer generations, only 44% of millennials believe in God and only 33% of Generation Z believe in God. The younger generation believes more in data and algorithms than in fictitious ghosts. The new generation equates God with fictitious characters of Greek and Roman mythology. If they have any questions, they ask Google. If they want anything, they get it from Amazon. Perhaps, the only growing spirituality is Yoga classes and a desire to reduce the damage we are inflicting on the earth.
Religion and politics
When it comes to religion and politics, the Republican party is trying to hold on to a religious ideology that it’s becoming more and more irrelevant.
Sure, older people care about abortions, and about God and all these old fashion mythologies, but younger people care less about those myths. Younger people care about climate change, social justice, income inequality.
It’s true, young people are not a monolithic group, their view of what’s best for society is quite wide, and religion is a smaller part of that view.
When it comes to abortion, younger people are more liberal than their older counterparts. Each woman should be able to decide on whether she wants to carry a child without the interference of the state. More advanced societies, such as Canada, and many European countries are giving this choice to women. Eventually, the U.S. will get out of the middle ages and give the same rights to women.