A silly headline isn't it? Or is it?
A popular architectural magazine published an article at the end of 2018 that touted the fact that architects were finding good use of former churches. The high ceilings, big spaces, and repurposed stained glass are prefect for restaurants.
Of course, people who are concerned with the reduced state of faith in 21st century America might see the article as more bad news. Many churches in urban areas are closing, especially in areas where young people are moving in. In many ways, statistics show that many of our youth either never had much faith or lost it on the way to adulthood.
A friend of mine who is a priest tells me that the reduction in faithful people today is a good sign towards the future because those who are faithful today are making a decision to do so. And as my cousin might say, they are more grounded in faith as opposed to many of those previously who followed the faith going forth blindly. We have committed faithful people going forward.
So where are the young people headed who are much more concerned with restaurants that salvation? What happens when your life is more about the interest in a gourmand that God?
And purhaps even more troubling, what happens when our young people satisfy their basic need for the supernatural with thoughts on vampires, aliens, witches, and magic?
There isn't really an answer to these questions. I think what inevitably happens when faith hits a low point, is that we see problems and horrific events and suffering that brings people back to God. But it can take quite a while.
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