Are Generation Xers losing their religion?
By John Estrella, Standard-Times columnist The message is amazingly mixed to the 20- and 30-year-old crowd: Mother Teresa visits the day before REM starts a three-night stand at Great Woods. Mother Teresa is the essence of spirituality. REM revels in songs like “Losing My Religion.” To the so-called Generation X crowd, REM is more on the mark. To paraphrase another of its songs, it could be the end of the world as they know it, and they feel fine. Religion is not a hot topic among Generation Xers. Fun 107 drive-time disc jockey J. R. Reitz floated Mother Teresa as a topic for folks to call in and talk about Tuesday. The phone barely rang, he said. “I would think people would care more about Mother Teresa,” he said. “Maybe there isn’t a lot of awareness with people under 45 as to the significance of what Mother Teresa has done.” The Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun visited the city Wednesday. It sparked mostly people older than 50 to leave work to catch a glimpse of her. They stood on stre
