Comments on: Young Evangelicals and the Culture War

By: pentamom

pentamom — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:21:51 +0000

I’m pretty sure evangelicalism already includes the concept that God can talk to you personally about things like when and with whom you should have sex, and that you can listen. It’s just that the answer doesn’t keep changing as the Holy Spirit communicates the eternal Word, so the Church, in being faithful, can’t really make space to say that ignoring the answer might work equally well.

I’m wondering what basis we would have for evangelism if we thought God kept changing His mind about how His created ones could best live in His world?

By: Joseph Knippenberg

Joseph Knippenberg — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:18:41 +0000

To answer the question posed in the previous comment, the PRRI survey cited in my post puts young white evangelicals at 12.3% of the respondents. Given that the typical proportion in other surveys is roughly twice that, I suspect the number is at least a bit low.

By: nobody.really

nobody.really — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:10:21 +0000

Is anyone surprised that self-identified young white Evangelicals tend show opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage?

The larger question is, what percentage of people choose to self-identify as young white Evangelicals?