ABSTRACT

This chapter quotes the young people's words to illustrate their thinking. The names used in the quotations are pseudonyms to protect their identities. The human being becomes a choice among possibilities, homo optionis. Life, death, gender, corporeality, identity, religion, marriage, parenthood, social ties all are becoming decidable down to the small print; once fragmented into options, everything must be decided'. Religion is in the mix of choices to be made concerning who to be and how to live. Many of the young people who participated in these Christian youth clubs had little or no religious background in that they did not attend church or any other type of organized religion. The youth clubs had a social orientation and were primarily concerned with helping young people develop into confident, competent adults. Knowledge is concerned with understanding reality and discovering the truth about it. The weight of agreement and coherence of belief among group members confirms validity of religious knowledge.