Revealing Statistics: America in Decline

Subtitle: Present Costs of the War against God

This page is only one of 18 sections of an extensive collection of statistics testifying to the above. See and read the main page HERE with the Table of Contents, by God's grace.

Sect. 1	U.S. Teens Spiritual Statistics

• 34% of U.S. teens are defined as “born again” (1999).¹ http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=37 See also http://www.josh.org/notes/file/Internet13-Religion.pdf

• Only 4% of U.S. teens are defined as real “Evangelicals” (1999). ^¹

• 82% say they are Christian (1999). ^¹

• 26% said they are “absolutely committed to the Christian faith. ^¹

• 83% of teens believe that moral truth depends on the circumstances. ^¹

• Only 4% of teens in general and 9% of born again teens actually believe in moral absolutes (2001). ^¹

• 65% say that the devil, or Satan, is not a living being but is a symbol of evil. (2000). ^¹ [See Rev. 20:10.]

• 30% of teens believe that all religions are really praying to the same God. ^¹[There are “god's many”, but only One True God and Lord. (Acts 14:15; (1 Cor. 8:5; Titus 2:13).]

• 61% agree Heaven is gained by personal merit. (2000). ^¹ [A false gospel. Only on Christ's merit and expense, can we be saved, not on ours or a churches: Eph. 1:8-10]

• 53% ( blasphemously) say that Jesus committed sins while He was on earth.^¹

• Just 22% of those ages 25 to 29 attended church in the last week.^¹

• Only 9% of “born again” teens believe there moral absolutes." ^¹

• Only 57% of teens live in the same home with both of their natural parents. (1999).^¹

• 65% of teenagers believe music piracy is not a moral issue. (2004) ^¹

• 80% of teenagers have engaged in some type of music piracy in the past six months. ^¹

• 39% do not believe that the Bible is the Word of God. ^¹

• 63% do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God. ^¹

• 51% deny Jesus resurrection. ^¹

• Over 60% do not believe Christianity can be proven to be true ^¹

• 68% believe that all religions teach EQUALLY valid truths. ^¹

• Only 4% believe that the Bible is true in every circumstance.^¹

• Less than 50% of teen "Christians" assent that salvation is by grace alone though faith in Christ alone. . &;The Gallup Organization www.gallup.com/poll/tb/religValue/20030819.asp?Version=p)

• There is a 58% decline in church attendance between the ages 18 to age 29. www.barna.org/cgi-bin/PagePressRelease.asp?PressReleaseID=149&Reference=B)

• Less than 5% of the nation's churches have youth groups that attract 100 or more teenagers. http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=103

• Sunday school participation has declined from 35% of all teenagers in 1997 to 30% of teens in the current [2010] study; small group attendance was down from 30% to 21%; the proportion of teens who reported donating any of their own money to church has decreased from 35% to 26% over the last dozen years; and even the typically ubiquitous practice of prayer has dropped from 81% to 71% among teens since 1997. Only 45% of born again Christian teenagers said they had explained their beliefs to someone else with different faith views in the last year [2009], down from 63% in 1997. “How Teenagers’ Faith Practices are Changing”, http://www.barna.org/teens-next-gen-articles/403-how-teenagers-faith-practices-are-changing

• Teens who are not raised in a family which holds to absolute Biblical truths are 600% more likely to attempt suicide. Barna Research https://give.ccci.org/give?Action=ViewDetail&Desig=2737811&SeqNo=33&pp=Browse+Fund+Appeals

• 300% of the above are more likely to experiment with drugs. ^
  http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=37

• 75% of America’s youth (73%) have engaged in at least one type of psychic or witchcraft-related activity, beyond mere horoscope usage or media exposure (such as Harry Potter movies i assume). ^^{2 http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/164}

• More than 75% of teens have played a game featuring sorcery or witchcraft elements, 30% of teens have had their palm read, 27% had their fortune told, 14% were physically present when someone else used psychic powers, 10% participated in a séance, 9% visited a medium or spiritual guide, with the same figuring going for consulting a psychic, and 1 out of 12 had tried to cast a spell or mix a magic potion.^²

• Only 26% of Evangelical teens had experimented had engaged in witchcraft or psychic activities, nearly three times less than the norm. 69% of non-Evangelical born again teens and 66% of youth group attenders reported having experimented with or engaged in witchcraft or psychic activities. Denominationally, the figures were Baptists 60%, non-mainline Protestants 62%, Catholics 77%, and mainline Protestants 81%.^² [see Rev. 18:2]. ^²

• The most common types of witchcraft behaviors were using a Ouija board and reading a book about witchcraft or Wicca, each of which had been done by more than 33% of teenagers. More than 25% of teens have played a game featuring sorcery or witchcraft elements. 10% of teens had participated in a séance and 1 out of 12 had tried to cast a spell or mix a magic potion.^²

• More than two million (10%) teens say they have communicated with a dead person. Nearly two million youth claim they have psychic powers.^²

• Only 28% of churched teenagers recall receiving any teaching at their church in the last year that helped to shape their views on the supernatural world!^²

• More than 66% of Protestant young adults exit the church between the ages of 18 and 22. LifeWay Research, a branch of the Southern Baptist Convention.

• 70% of people 23 to 30 years old, are nowhere to be found in church on a regular basis for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22. They become church dropouts, though 1/3 return by the time they are 30 (which means 53% of churched teens will still be in church by age 30), and another 30% begin attending church again once a month or less. 2007 study from LifeWay Research; http://liveabove.com/documents/research/Part%201%20Church%20Dropouts_How%20Many%20Leave%20Church%20and%20Why.pdf

  An Assemblies of God study showed a loss of 66% of their students within one year of high school graduation.” http://www.onenewsnow.com/Journal/stories.aspx?id=75927Conclusion: this young generation largely has been, and is being, brought up in a way they should not go. A much smaller percentage of teens in born again churches are saved and going to Heaven than is often presumed.

• ¹http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=37. See also http://www.josh.org/notes/file/Internet13-Religion.pdf

• ²http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=216

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