New Studies Say Teens May Be Hardwired for Religion
Christianity Has the Truth About Community — But Are We Living Up to the Biblical Model in the Lives of Our Children?
Feature by Ed Vitagliano
January 27, 2005
(AgapePress)
What if we could find something that would make teenagers less likely to become involved in crime, drug and alcohol abuse, and premarital sex? And at the same time, what if this little miracle ‘something’ would turn adolescents into safer drivers, make them more likely to participate in extracurricular activities like sports or student government, and give them a higher sense of self-esteem?
Sound too good to be true? It’s not. Religion is the key — more specifically, the religious communities that are able to transmit the beliefs, values and morals that help give young people a sense of the transcendent, an ordered universe and their own place in it.