Study: Faith Makes Little Difference on Moral, Sexual Rules for 'Buster' Generation
By Allie Martin
November 7, 2006

(AgapePress) - A new study finds that there is a great divide between younger and older Americans when it comes to agreeing on how to live a moral life.

The Barna Research Group study examined 16 different areas of moral and sexual behavior among adults in their 20s and 30s -- a group knows as the "Buster" generation -- and those over the age of 40. According to the study, Busters were twice as likely to have viewed sexually explicit movies or videos during that past month; two-and-a-half times more likely to report having had a sexual encounter outside of marriage; and three times more likely to have viewed pornography online.

Overall, Busters' views on moral and sexual behavior are less conventional than that of their predecessors in 13 of the 16 different areas.

The director of the research, David Kinnaman, says those who identified themselves as Christians were different from non-born again young adults on some issues.

"One of the conclusions from this research is that people's moral profile is actually more likely to resemble or be formed by their interaction," he explains, "and it's more likely to look like their peers than it is to look like their faith." the rest