Do You Think Most Teens Today Are “Fake Christians” Like This Pastor Claims?

Question by Wesley B: Do you think most teens today are “fake Christians” like this pastor claims?
What do you think about this news article that many American kids today are becoming ‘fake’ Christians? Below are some excerpts a link to the full article.

From CNN:
Author: More teens becoming ‘fake’ Christians
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/27/almost.christian/index.html?hpt=C2

Excerpts:
“Dean says more American teenagers are embracing what she calls “moralistic therapeutic deism.” Translation: It’s a watered-down faith that portrays God as a “divine therapist” whose chief goal is to boost people’s self-esteem.
Dean is a minister, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of “Almost Christian,” a new book that argues that many parents and pastors are unwittingly passing on this self-serving strain of Christianity.
She says this “imposter” faith is one reason teenagers abandon churches.”
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“The study included Christians of all stripes — from Catholics to Protestants of both conservative and liberal denominations. Though three out of four American teenagers claim to be Christian, fewer than half practice their faith, only half deem it important, and most can’t talk coherently about their beliefs, the study found.
Many teenagers thought that God simply wanted them to feel good and do good — what the study’s researchers called “moralistic therapeutic deism.””
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“Teens want to be challenged; they want their tough questions taken on, she says.
“We think that they want cake, but they actually want steak and potatoes, and we keep giving them cake,” Corrie says.”
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“She says pastors often preach a safe message that can bring in the largest number of congregants. The result: more people and yawning in the pews.
“If your church can’t survive without a certain number of members pledging, you might not want to preach a message that might make people mad,” Corrie says. “We can all agree that we should all be good and that God rewards those who are nice.””

Best answer:

Answer by JesusSlaves
Irony is, shes a female pastor, and most christians are against that. I saw her picture, and I needed to take Tylenol right after. She is a nasty piece of work.

If someone claims christianity, theyre a christian. End. of. story.

Answer by its smee
If the author would admit that there is no evidence of any ‘god’, I would have respect for her writing.

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