If the name Ken Ham rings a bell, it's because he's the dipwit who
opened that Kentucky creationist museum, with full-size models of
dinosaurs, sporting saddles.

From WingNutDaily...I mean WorldNetDaily:

"Prevent your children from leaving the faith this Christmas?

If you look around in your church today, two-thirds of the young people
have already left in their hearts; soon they will be gone for good.

That is the alarming conclusion of the first scientific study of its
kind, the Beemer Report, which reveals startling facts discovered
through 20,000 phone calls and detailed surveys of a thousand 20-29 year
olds who used to attend evangelical churches on a regular basis, but
have since left it behind.

In "Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to
stop it," popular author Ken Ham and consumer behavior analyst, C. Britt
Beemer, combine to reveal trends that must be dealt with now... before
we lose another generation.

The study found that we are losing our kids in elementary, middle
school, and high school rather than college, and the Sunday school
syndrome is contributing to the epidemic, rather than helping alleviate
it.

The results are not just surprising; they're shocking:

* Those who faithfully attend Sunday School are more likely to leave the
church than those who do not.

* Those who regularly attend Sunday School are more likely to believe
that the Bible is less true.

* Those who regularly attend Sunday School are actually more likely to
defend that abortion and gay marriage should be legal.

* Those who regularly attend Sunday School are actually more likely to
defend premarital sex.

The trends may unnerve you - they may shake long-held assumptions to the
core - but "Already Gone" shows how to fight back for our families, our
churches and our world.

In the "Already Gone" companion DVD, Ken Ham discusses the profound
cultural changes taking place in our Western world, as God's Word is
rejected and man's fallible ideas are welcomed. Ken relates some of the
shocking statistics presented in the book, and reveals the reasons why
young people are leaving church and abandoning the faith of their
parents."

--- Xnews/5.04.25