The role of prayer in civil society has emerged in the wake of the Annunciation Catholic School shooting, and this may be a blessing of sorts amidst the tragedy. It allows space to not only offer intentions and discern His will for our lives, but to draw strength for the spiritual battle against Satan and the principalities of darkness, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church states. In Christian Smith’s Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (2005), he argues that “religion is widely practiced and positively valued by teens, but also de-prioritized and very poorly understood by them.” This belief system affirms adopters to be nice; that God exists to make one feel good; God is distant; all good people go to heaven; and to not act evil.
Author: Andrew Fowler
Published at: 2025-09-07 22:00:00
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