Miles Smith

Yeah, it's definitely real. I teach at a religious college and faith life of our students is very vibrant. I think that when I talk to them, they're aware that this is something that is typifying their generation. The Zoomers, I guess they are, are more interested in religion than my generation, which I guess I'm an elder millennial or Gen X generation.

Yeah, it's definitely real. I teach at a religious college and faith life of our students is very vibrant. I think that when I talk to them, they're aware that this is something that is typifying their generation. The Zoomers, I guess they are, are more interested in religion than my generation, which I guess I'm an elder millennial or Gen X generation.

And I think it's because they sort of recognize there's a sort of emptiness to a lot of specifically secularist claims about life. I think that it seemed to them to be pretty nihilistic. And I think nihilism isn't beautiful, right? Like, it's purposeless. And I think Zoomers, at least those who are sort of interested in conservative things, even if they're not religious per se at first—

And I think it's because they sort of recognize there's a sort of emptiness to a lot of specifically secularist claims about life. I think that it seemed to them to be pretty nihilistic. And I think nihilism isn't beautiful, right? Like, it's purposeless. And I think Zoomers, at least those who are sort of interested in conservative things, even if they're not religious per se at first—

I think thinking about nature and thinking about things that are old and beautiful has led them to say, okay, what if Christianity is actually true? Because it seems old and kind of beautiful too. A friend of mine, James Wood, he's a professor at Redeemer University in Canada. He wrote an article for First Things sort of saying, a lot of people who would never darken the door of a church,

I think thinking about nature and thinking about things that are old and beautiful has led them to say, okay, what if Christianity is actually true? Because it seems old and kind of beautiful too. A friend of mine, James Wood, he's a professor at Redeemer University in Canada. He wrote an article for First Things sort of saying, a lot of people who would never darken the door of a church,

are becoming interested in church because of things like conservatives talking about nature, conservatives talking about God, conservatives talking about beauty. These aren't people who are churched people. A lot of them have never darkened the door of a religious institution in their life, but they're sort of thinking about Christianity because Christianity respects reality.

are becoming interested in church because of things like conservatives talking about nature, conservatives talking about God, conservatives talking about beauty. These aren't people who are churched people. A lot of them have never darkened the door of a religious institution in their life, but they're sort of thinking about Christianity because Christianity respects reality.

And people like reality. They like what's good about reality, embodiment, all of those things. So I think it's real. I think Megan is onto something. And she's identifying a trend that I think a lot of people are sort of looking at and wanting to get more answers about because it's real and it's happening.

And people like reality. They like what's good about reality, embodiment, all of those things. So I think it's real. I think Megan is onto something. And she's identifying a trend that I think a lot of people are sort of looking at and wanting to get more answers about because it's real and it's happening.

And if you're on social media at all or just on a college campus, you can tell that there's something happening. It's maybe too early to tell exactly what that is, but you're right. There's some trend that some historian is going to write a book about at some point, so...

And if you're on social media at all or just on a college campus, you can tell that there's something happening. It's maybe too early to tell exactly what that is, but you're right. There's some trend that some historian is going to write a book about at some point, so...

Thank you, Georgia.

Thank you, Georgia.