DISQUS

Just for argument's sake, I have to ask: Could it be that there's a reverse cause/effect relationship going on in this example as well?

If a server gets up on Sunday morning with that stereotype in place, it tells me that he/she would be in a bad mood before ever getting to work. This isn't to excuse the church crowd from tipping, but the quote from the server at the restaurant seems indicative of a poor attitude that simply promotes the behavior it loathes, not vice versa.

I'm like anyone else - if I'm treated like a chore, I'm going to respond like I've been treated as such.

"What the heck do these guys want?"

Isolation?

I think the part at the end of the article that asks what a digitally fluent church looks like may be slightly misplaced. As a life-long gamer, I can say from my personal experience that the appeal of video games isn't digital, it's escape. Video games are fun, and I can do them all by myself. Burying my head in them is a great way to put off real-life things that actually need to be done. A church that spreads God's word through things like web-streaming or iTunes subscriptions is one thing. But I can't think that the appeal and pull that the video game market has is one that the church would willingly embrace. It's like Betty Crocker asking marijuana dealers for advice...

I think the real question that needs to be asked is how to motivate that age group to take control of their lives in a responsible way (by letting God lead, obviously). How can we make them see that they're a large portion of the people who will be running our country in years to come, and that they need to be ready to face those challenges?

That sometimes, even after years, I still have to fight with the thought of "What if this Christianity thing is all just an elaborate hoax?"

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