Lawrence Hoffman's Observation About The Religious Norms In Modern Society

Lawrence Hoffman makes an interesting observation about the religious norms in modern society. Hoffman claims that “modern society disempowers religion” because Americans have freedom to choose to be religious or not. This freedom of choice has contributed to the decline in religious values. Further, Hoffman found a “pew study” that discovered more young Americans are “less religious than older Americans.” Young Americans have liberal views and are more accepting to same sex marriages and absorption. Some young Americans perceive religion as homophobic, hypocritical, judgmental, and not accepting to others. Further, religion has become more political and taken a conservative point of view, which is the opposite view for most young Americans.