The demons are going after the young. In particular, they’re going after young women. This is by design.
Females in the Generation Z age group face a crisis of belief unlike anything seen in prior generations. A Barna Research survey reveals that 38% of Gen Z women between the ages of 18 and 24 now identify as atheist, agnostic, or without any faith. This figure edges out the 32% of their male counterparts who report the same disconnection from spiritual roots.
Data from the survey, drawn from 2,000 respondents including teens and young adults, shows these women pulling away from core practices that build lasting convictions. Only 58% reported praying in the past week, compared to over 70% of teenage boys. Bible reading fares even worse, with just 31% engaging in the last seven days, and church attendance hits a low of 30%.
This drift ties directly to fractured bonds at home and beyond. Only 23% of these young women feel supported by their fathers, and a mere 36% by their mothers. Broader distrust runs deep: just 32% believe their parents understand them, and 33% sense value from older adults. As the report notes, 40% agree that “older people don’t seem to understand the pressure my generation is under.”
None of this is new in theory; what American didn’t grow up thinking at some point that their parents didn’t understand them? But this perceived disconnect has never created such a huge hole in people who have lost or never found faith. It’s easy for kids to think they know it all and for parents to wonder why their kids seem to know nothing, but in the past it seems to have worked itself out. This time, the theory of generational division seems to be taking hold in worldviews askew.
Daniel Copeland, Barna’s vice president of research, points to a clear path forward: “If we want to see change in Gen Z women’s spiritual trajectories, relationships are the place to start. Faith is a skill that must be modeled first, and strong, supportive relationships can bridge the gap between doubt and belief.”
Other surveys echo this alarming trend. The American Enterprise Institute’s 2023 data pegs 39% of Gen Z women as religiously unaffiliated, a number that has held steady into recent years. PRRI’s 2025 findings show weekly religious service attendance among women aged 18-29 dropping from 29% in 2016 to 19% in 2024, signaling a broader erosion. Gallup polls from early 2025 indicate only 45% of Gen Z overall identify as Christian, down from higher rates in millennials.
Behind these numbers lurks a deliberate push from institutions intent on reshaping society. Public schools, long captured by agendas that prioritize secularism and question traditional morals, feed young minds a steady diet of doubt. Social media platforms, run by unelected tech elites with their own global visions, algorithmically boost content that mocks faith while burying messages of truth and heritage.
It’s no coincidence that as family structures weaken under cultural pressures, vulnerability to these influences grows. Whispers of coordinated efforts to detach the next generation from eternal principles gain traction when patterns like this emerge so starkly.
In other words, the adversaries know the easiest path for them to take full control of this world is to detach as many Americans, particularly young ones, from the faith as possible.
Amid the decline, pockets of resistance persist. Some young people turn to online spaces for guidance, though these too often lead astray without grounded mentorship. Rebuilding starts with reclaiming the home as a fortress of values, where parents and elders model unyielding commitment. Without that, the void will only widen, leaving society adrift from the anchors that once ensured stability and purpose.
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Pretty amazing how intolerant the religious zealots in America are. They’re not much better than the Islamists, and are heading in their direction step by step. As freeborn people with unalienable rights, we don’t have to believe in and follow your theocracy. Freedom OF religion means any religion, or no religions, that I want to, or not, partake in. But you zealots insist if I don’t believe in one of your hundreds of “Gods” you worship, that I’m a horrible person. You can go to church and I don’t make light of it as it is your right. It is time you started respecting others rights to not worship if they please. We are not heathens, devil worshippers, demons, etc. no matter how many time you say we are.
RD, the unalienable (or inalienable) rights you speak of are outlined in the U.S. Constitution, which by the way, was written and signed by our founding fathers, all of who were either an active Christian, Deist or a general believer in a Supreme Being (God). They knew these rights emanated from a higher power, not from any earthly government or person.
Do you like football, baseball or another sport? Are you a fan? Did you know “fan” is short for fanatic? Well, I choose to be a fanatic (Zealot?) of Jesus Christ as he willingly gave himself on the cross for all our sins. Raised by the power of God on the third day he lives forever and promises eternal life to all that put their faith and trust in him.
True Christians do not put down others and heap condemnation on them… we love on people and try to show them who Jesus really is. Unfortunately as you pointed out there’s a lot of bad apples in the barrel that give him a bad name. Don’t give up your search… there’s truth to be found in Christ… he’s as close as a prayer.
Once the cycle is completed and Christians are gone, you will find out what “intolerance “ is all about. The Muslims will force you to pray to the devil just like they do. And that’s just the beginning. It won’t just be words of criticism or pressure to participate. The Muslims will cut your head off if you don’t bow down to Allah the devil. Ya gotta serve somebody, as Bob Dillon once sang.
I don’t want them holding any position of authority. They are godless, mentally ill minions of Satan. They don’t even know it. They are heartless and the antithesis of what a woman is. None could have a decent relationship with a man or raise a viable family they are worthless. God forgive them!
The mothers and grandmothers of these reprehensible girls are even worse. They knew the truth and had Gods Word, but they chose feminism instead. Ask the average church woman of yesteryear if she believes that women should have the right to vote and hold public office instead of following the lead of her husband and she will tell you that you are a male chauvinist pig or a cave man that hates women. Today’s women have zero humility. They live only for themselves and their spirit is a spirit of anger and rebellion. No sweet spirit of submission and obedience exists in them. Very often, radical secular feminists have a more compliant spirit than most of today’s so called Christian women in our so-called churches. And yet they will boldly proclaim that they are not feminists.
What has god or religion done for them?
My fellow Americans
The Five W’S
Who is Responsible to teach to Young Women simple Why once a Month they bleed
What is the time of the Month mean to women in GODS Will be done
Where is a Very GOOD STORY to explain THE TIME OF THE MONTH
WHEN did this TAKE PLACE in the GARDEN OF EDEN
WHY did GOD BLESS THEM WITH LIFE , This STORY OF
THE BEGINNING
THE TRUTH WILL SET
YOU
FREE
Raised two Daughter’s with MY WIFE
Give them both
Bibles at CHRISTMAS At the age of 7 & 8
Hope my wife would read to them from a very good book
The beginning for a couple of months after Christmas
March she had not
SO I DID
TODAY BOTH MY DAUGHTER
ONLY FEAR GOD
Still Married over 40 years to a women who
LOVES GOD but does not understand
The TRUTH Requires a understanding of
Fear GOD AND TAKE YOUR OWN PART
This is why the women who
KILL THEIR BABYS were seen an heard at the
No KINGS DAY
For GOD Is NOT THEIR KING
So few really
TAKE THE TIME
To literally understand these women really
HATE
GOD
All mighty
So sad to bad for the hot bath they live in
FOREVER
IS WELL ARTICULATED IN A VERY GOOD BOOK
THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP ME
GOD
My fellow Americans
We as ONE PEOPLE
Are at
THE CROSS
Roads of
HISTORY
I real see that what was a REPUBLIC
Is now
GONE WITH THE WIND
All who shout democracy were part of no kings
A MOB is now seen in fool con-troll
I believe in religious freedom, I have known devout and heathen alike and are good people despite different beliefs. Its a free country, respect each other.