There is some truth to people like this being left behind, leaving them susceptible to radical propaganda. The first thing that comes to mind is anti-bullying culture, but it really could be any number of factors. What's interesting is that Christianity didn't have these types of problems and I'm an agnostic atheist.
Christianity is all about taking crap in stride because Jesus died for us. The least we can do is believe that God still loves us even if some meanie says mean things to us.
Not just taking crap in stride but actively denying the flesh what it wants. You become disciplined and learn to control your desires rather than letting your desires control and enslave you. That's why fasting and penance is so important in traditional Christianity. Certainly gluttony is the most repulsive and gross of all the deadly sins.
There is some truth to people like this being left behind, leaving them susceptible to radical propaganda. The first thing that comes to mind is anti-bullying culture, but it really could be any number of factors. What's interesting is that Christianity didn't have these types of problems and I'm an agnostic atheist.
Christianity is all about taking crap in stride because Jesus died for us. The least we can do is believe that God still loves us even if some meanie says mean things to us.
Not just taking crap in stride but actively denying the flesh what it wants. You become disciplined and learn to control your desires rather than letting your desires control and enslave you. That's why fasting and penance is so important in traditional Christianity. Certainly gluttony is the most repulsive and gross of all the deadly sins.
They're left behind because we don't have anything with enough horsepower to tow them.