I'm not a Millennial, so perhaps my perspective is going to be off-kilter, but I don't know that authenticity is really the issue here, as much as relevance.

To make a few sweeping generalizations, the evangelical church did its best to drive away both myself and my fellow Gen X-ers with its loud, persistent denunciations of the sins of society; its emphasis on the sin-forgiveness-redemption aspect of the faith, to the neglect and exclusion of all else; and its continued retreat into cloistered walls with its own culture, entertainment, language and what else.

A lot of people in my generation asked, "What's the point of that?" and I think Millennials are simply following suit. We can argue whether this is fair, but today the church in America is known for hating gay people, for being angry, and for being bitter when we don't get our way. Jesus, meanwhile, was known for hugging lepers, partying with drunks, and befriending prostitutes.

Jesus also healed the sick, and came to restore the relationships humanity has with God, and that humans have with one another. My daughters' youth group does gross games with Jell-O and marshmallows, and gets talked to every week about stuff that my girls find of no practical interest.

So really, what's the point of church? The church could do things like Jesus did, things that matter. We could make it a point of building homes for the homeless; feeding the hungry; protecting the rights of women, gays and minorities; reducing waste and trying to mend broken ecosystems. We could, and if we did, I think we could answer that question "What's the point?" by showing it. But while some churches do things that, and while some organizations do things like that, it's not what we as a church are known for.

Jesus came to mend a broken world. If we followed his lead, we'd find a lot more people willing to hear what we have to say.

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Once you get past the "ick" factor, the chief concern would be that the pathogens carried by human excrement are removed from the equation. If that's the case, it's not as big a deal as we're inclined to think. Astronauts on the International Space Station drink recycled urine