OK, amidst some less than center-of-target "hits" that some of the comments in this article masquerades as, this comment may certainly constitute a legit crit.
Still, it raises questions:(1) Do the survey respondents even know the difference between, say, an evangelical and, say, a door-knocking Mormon? Or the difference between an evangelical and a mainliner? Or do they just lump all zealous religious folk into one dirty-clothes hamper?
(2) My next question is that if this broad % of respondents could say "this NO LONGER looks Jesus," then that implies either (a) they at one time had a good portrait of Jesus (perhaps thru a parent); or, (b) they could point to a recent time in our cultural history (I mean these are 16-29 yo after all) to where Christianity did indeed "look like Jesus." (But is 2007 "Christianity" really "smudged up" in comparison, to say, 1995 "Christianity?")
Finally, what about the seeming comparison of "no longer" looks like Jesus. Does that mean our culture is "chock full" of seasons where it looked like Jesus? (Well, yes and no. On the negative side, certainly there's been plenty of seasons of our country's life where the image of American Christianity compared to the aura of Christ was hard to pick up...slave-owner 'Christianity,' for example..."get-out-of-my-way-go-to-your-reservation-while-I-break-another-treaty-with-you" 'Christianity'...etc.)
You make a good point. They’re probably going with the sandal wearing, hippy peacenik version of Jesus that’s popular in some circles.