- 75% of young adults say they “are unsure of their purpose in life.”
- 50% have one or more types of mental illness such as …… “anxiety or depression.”
- 50% of young adults say that there is “no absolute value associated with human life.”
- Three-fourths of Millenials believe: “Whatever is right for your life or works best for you is the only truth you can know!”
- Among Christians the “No Judgment Allowed” mindset is growing in popularity.
- (Barna/Summit) found that self-identified Christian churchgoers under age 45 were four times as likely as older generations to agree that: “If your belief offends someone or hurts their feelings, it is wrong.”
- Only 6% of young adults agreed that: “Moral truth is absolute.”
- Note: Let’s be clear about what this means. It does not mean that everyone now embraces a gauzy spirit of “live and let live.” Our age is as judgmental as any other. However, we are judging against a shifting standard. We are leaning on the “Zeitgeist” — the Spirit of the Age — rather than the truth.
- Up to 75% of the population say they “hold views they are unwilling to share, out of concern that they will be socially shamed or lose their jobs.”
- “Reality is what it is,” truth proponents often say in exasperation. Yet even the idea of reality is under attack.
- Truth is something worth having well-formed convictions about. Much is at stake.