Ninety-one percent of born-again teenagers surveyed a few years ago proclaimed that there is no such thing as absolute truth, says the Rev. Josh McDowell, a Dallas-based evangelist and author. More alarmingly, that number had risen quickly and steadily from just 52% of committed Christian kids in 1992 who denied the existence of absolute truth. A slight majority of professing Christian kids, Mr. McDowell says, also now say that the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ never occurred.
"There's a greater disconnect now than ever in the history of the church in America between what a Christian young person says they are and what they actually believe," says Mr. McDowell, who has ministered mainly to youth for more than 30 years. "Christianity is based on truth; Jesus said, 'I am the truth.' But you have an overwhelming majority even of Christian kids saying there is no absolute truth."
Catholics have noticed the trend as well.
I found it most interesting this last year when I started to challenge kids in a Catholic Confirmation class about why they believe what they believe (or think they believe). If no one ever asks them what they think and doesn't challenge their errors, they will just drift off into the ozone.
To me, it was important to know where they were starting from before we ever tried to examine what the Church proposed for their belief.
You sound like an excellent teacher!