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Related: About this forum5 Christian “hipsters” trying to make fundamentalism look cool
Its no secret in Christian circles that young people are leaving the church in droves, with Christian research firms finding over and overthat once theres not a parent there to push them to church, the majority of high school kids drift away from religion once they move out of the house. Some come back, but some leave permanently.
One favorite solution is to try to make the church more hip by employing young, seemingly cool Christians who are in tune with modern pop culture as leaders. A lot of these young, hip Christians are actually quite progressive in their politics. In a lot of cases, however, the change from the cranky, judgmental church of old is purely aesthetic. If you scratch the surface of these seemingly with-it young Christian leaders, youll see theyre peddling the same old sex-negative, hyper-conservative intolerance that motivates their elders.
Heres a list of some of the leaders who are trying to make conservative Christianity seem cool, and who generally fail because conservative Christianity is the exact opposite of cool.
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/04/5_christian_hipsters_trying_to_make_fundamentalism_look_cool/
One favorite solution is to try to make the church more hip by employing young, seemingly cool Christians who are in tune with modern pop culture as leaders. A lot of these young, hip Christians are actually quite progressive in their politics. In a lot of cases, however, the change from the cranky, judgmental church of old is purely aesthetic. If you scratch the surface of these seemingly with-it young Christian leaders, youll see theyre peddling the same old sex-negative, hyper-conservative intolerance that motivates their elders.
Heres a list of some of the leaders who are trying to make conservative Christianity seem cool, and who generally fail because conservative Christianity is the exact opposite of cool.
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/04/5_christian_hipsters_trying_to_make_fundamentalism_look_cool/
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5 Christian “hipsters” trying to make fundamentalism look cool (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Nov 2013
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JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)1. Christian hipster!!!???
That sets my head to rotating anti-clockwise!
rrneck
(17,671 posts)2. Well, it is ironic. nt
You win.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)4. The church I grew up in started a very hip coffee shop (before there were
many coffee shops) and was a hotbed of political activity, specifically anti-war activity.
It was very successful at drawing in young people of a particular political persuasion.
They are probably still out there, but these people don't represent that kind of political agenda.
Until they understand why young people are leaving the church, they seem destined to fail.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)5. Not sure if it'll ever be hip to be THAT square
rug
(82,333 posts)6. There is a dilemma.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)7. purely aesthetic?
I think he meant cosmetic. Aesthetic means appreciative of beautiful things.