Audio A - About God

25 random interviews with Millennials
Millennials (ages 18-38) – the population segment now shaping our churches – are interviewed at random on Twin Cities streets to see what they think about God, Bible, sin, heaven/hell, church and other spiritual matters.
We stopped 25 Millennials at random on streets in Minneapolis and engaged them in conversation about origin of life, purpose of life, right and wrong and what happens after death.
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Audio snippets from Twin Cities random street interviews
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1 | what think will happen2 | hopefully heaven3 | have no regrets4 | many possibilities5 | beyond comprehension6 | Buddhist7 | put own twist to it8 | only thinking about now9 | figuring it out10 | would be cool to reconnect11 | interesting mystery12 | move on after death13 | shouldn't do it to others14 | part of upbringing15 | decide on your own16 | different for every person17 | bad feelings18 | depends on situation19 | very scientific20 | higher spirit21 | multi-cellular organisms22 | part of eco system23 | believe in God, not Christian24 | believe God and evolution
25 | not a religious person26 | sit back and think about life27 | religion is cool28 | President of Mexico29 | making life easier30 | making others happy31 | don't have time32 | find my own purpose33 | not religious34 | Critical of Christian faith35 | like all of the faiths36 | gives comfort37 | all religions good38 | Christian testimony39 | Jesus just a man40 | face of Jesus been shown41 | lot of bad stuff associated42 | think Jesus, think rules43 | Jesus is a loser44 | more peaceful world45 | best thing46 | brings value47 | help in little ways48 | there's no specific purpose49 | we all have paths50 | eventually we die51 | spread good thoughts52 | a more just place53 | purpose to love people54 | don't harm others
These interviews are random, as Millennials come walking down the street.
No whole interviews or parts of interviews have been omitted.

Responses

The respondents' exact words are transcribed in Briefing 10 (click image for PDF). Here's a summary of the dominant beliefs:

  • There is no creator-God, but maybe a higher power of some kind. Our origin is through evolution, beginning with the Big Bang.
  • The purpose of life is to help one another and create a better and more just society.
  • There are no absolutes except government law – everything else is relative to the situation – and there is no sin in the biblical sense (only mistakes).
  • There is no hell – maybe some kind of heaven – but no one can know before dying.

Problem

The dominant beliefs (above) among this sample of Twin Cities Millennials pose this difficult communication problem for the church today:

If there's NO creator-God ... NO absolute truth ... NO sin ... and NO hell ... then why need a Savior?

Future interviews and Briefings will address this problem head-on and provide practical helps for spiritual conversation in the secular world.

Click here for complete report and transcripts
MORE INTERVIEWS
Eighty-three interviews like this have been completed, and more than a hundred more are planned, to help improve communication with the post-Christian generation.
About Street Interviews >VIDEO 1 - Purpose of life >VIDEO 2 - About the Bible >VIDEO 3 - Christian words >AUDIO B - About Bible >Catholic Interviews >
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