Oh, I heard a statistic this week: about 9/10 of those who have accepted Christ as their Savior are in their teens. So while it is a statistical impossibility that an adult comes to know the Lord and accept Him as their Savior, God is still in the business of impossibilities and the Holy Spirit still can get through to whomsoever God the Father has called.
You are correct, we certainly do not now live in a Christian culture. It’s more akin to the Days of Noah, there is wickedness and violence in the hearts of man continually (including perversity of all kinds).
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Did I read that correctly?
Really??
Every Apostle and disciple in the NT a comes to "know the Lord and accept Him as their Savior" as an adult.
You take the constant experience of the Church from the NT up to the present day, and call it a "statistic impossibility"? Yes, I realize that you conceded that the Holy Spirit could pull it off, but you don't seem to think it happens much, when in fact it happens all the time, praise be to God!
Some wonderful Christians evidently were committed to God from their childhood, but there's a good big bunch that don't really commit until they have an adult conversion experience.
I guess my perception is shaped by my experience on our parish RCIA Teaching Team. We're seeing these adult relaionships with Jesus root, bud and bloom in adults.
We need many more. Many, many more.