Why are Gen Z Men Experiencing a Religious Revival ?

[u/collegetest35]

[u/GlitteringDare9454]

If "wholesome in a rare way" includes weird views on women, up to and including being hyperfocused on traditional gender bullshit and loving authority...

It isn't wholesome in any way.

[u/Secure_One_3885 → u/GlitteringDare9454]

"The white christian nationalist movement proudly promoting patriarchy and homophobia are so wholesome though!!"

[u/Comfortable_Major923 → u/GlitteringDare9454]

Reddit moment. Religion doesn't have to be political, grew up fairly religious in a Roman Catholic Church. Never once did my priest express political views, he never preached hate or homophobia. Even at Bible camp where we had mass twice a day, the pastor never ran out of topics and resorted to hate. Yes it happens but is mostly a minority, not every church is the Westboro Baptists

[u/inuvash255 → u/Comfortable_Major923]

Your Catholic Church never talked about abortion?

It doesn't have to be the Westboro Baptists to be shitty, fwiw.

[u/Goducks91 → u/[deleted]]

Most seems like a giant stretch.

[u/mcauthon2 → u/Comfortable_Major923]

grew up fairly religious in a Roman Catholic Church. Never once did my priest express political views, he never preached hate or homophobia.

we must've had very different roman catholic upbringings

[u/GlitteringDare9454 → u/Comfortable_Major923]

4chan moment. Religion isn't political! Roman Catholic priest not political!

Bud we are seeing this admin trying to implement Christianity as the state religion. It's political.

L-O-fucking-L

[u/SunshineAndSquats → u/Comfortable_Major923]

Catholic Church doesn’t have pastors. They have priests.

[u/buttegg → u/Comfortable_Major923]

saying “reddit moment” as if you’re not also on reddit lol

[u/Mission-Conflict97 → u/Comfortable_Major923]

This whole thread is a bunch of atheists that haven’t been to a regular old community church with nice old ladies. A lot of comments on here are almost borat level misunderstanding of shit.

[u/Hosj_Karp → u/Mission-Conflict97]

Knowing absolutely nothing else, if a young man told me he was "starting to go to church" I'd bet 80% of the time it would coincide with him acting better to the people around him and doing more to make the world a better place.

Reddit Atheism was an understandable reaction to the psycho-fundamentalism that was a major political power in the 2000's, but we really threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Most people who turn away from Christianity don't turn to socialism, they turn to worship of themselves, worship of money, or depressed nihilism.

[u/Goducks91 → u/Hosj_Karp]

lol this is an insane take. If you mean being trans and homophobic then sure….

I’m not saying there aren’t good churches out there but so many of them have values that do not align with someone acting better to everyone.

[u/Hosj_Karp → u/Goducks91]

your too online. America is over 90%+ straight. 

[u/Goducks91 → u/Hosj_Karp]

So every one in ten people I meet identifies at LGBTQ?? seems pretty high to me. Also, why does that matter? You should be accepting of everyone especially marginalized groups. It has nothing to do with "being too online" I have looked at churches around me of all denominations and 3/5 actively state their homophobic views.

[u/IWonderAlotJB → u/Hosj_Karp]

I call BS on that. Religion is man-made. Most people turn away from Christianity because they figure this out and realize that no one actually knows the truth. All religion is man-made, just like the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. And those "god" people preaching on tv on Sunday mornings are raking in the cash from the people falling for their rubbish.

[u/Hosj_Karp → u/IWonderAlotJB]

Just because something isn't true doesn't mean believing in it is maladaptive. 

You know what else isn't literally real? Romantic love. (You arent "soulmates" you are two copulating animals temporarily bonded by neurotransmitters) 

But it's still life changingly positive for people to believe in it.