Absolutely. Unfortunately when you're young you're trying to find yourself so you are impressionable and easily influenced, trying lots of different "trends" to figure out who you are. Religion is bashed online, by the media and parents of today aren't religious or interested in teaching their children about it.
When you are exposed to the internet with lots of tempting "exciting" things being normalised like promiscuity, identity politics and the ever expanding catelog of genders, mental illness being romanticised, Satanism or Paganism disguised as new age "Vibration/Manifestation/Worship 'the universe'" or direct Satanism which is "okay because you worship yourself and not Satan" "Witchcraft/Wicca/Pagan" or "Spiritual/New Age/ Chakras/ Psychic/Astral Projection"
I probably dont need to tell you all these things are not really very different to each other and often follow teachings from the likes of Alaistair Crowley (cant spell lol)
You being young, impressionable, often lonely and trying to find yourself
will do these things. I believe this is Satan at work. These things are the modern "forbidden fruit".
The devil doesn't care if you think he is real or not. All he cares about is you do the opposite of what the bible says, knowingly or unknowingly.
I say this from experience of being this impressionable teenager once who delved readily into these things without realizing I was following the devil. I hadn't read the bible. I didn't know these "new" teachings are the reverse of it's teachings.
We are told sex work, sleeping around "scoring", watching porn and underdressing are "empowerment" and "normal"
You shall not commit adultry. Lust is a sin. Women are to be modest and show their beauty through their obedience and love of God.
We are told abortion is empowerment.
You shall not kill.
We have celebrities forced on us and worshipped.
You shall not commit Idoltry.
We are told to worship ourselves and act on every single desire because YOLO.
(Alastaire the Satanist says everybody is a star and must worship themselves) The bible teaches to be "meek" and not boastful.
We are told we are bad people if we have any slight problem with homosexuality.
(leviticus 18 22)
(Also I'm not a homophobe for mentioning this because I do actually struggle with same sex attractions so I'm just being honest)
See? Satan is at work. He is using the youth to his advantage. They are becoming full on Satanists without knowing/meaning to. And even the self proclaimed Satanists don't realize because "I dont follow Satan I just worship myself"
I know I cited some stuff but I actually haven't read the bible or gone to church yet. I meet the priest this thursday, my bible is still on its way. I started reading genesis last night in bed (barely)
I've literally just tried to learn about religion as a whole especially Christianity and hung out on this forum. It is very easy to start to understand these things if you
want to like I do. The problem is young people are brain washed into hating and disbelieving in religion as a whole.
You probably know this already I just want to share what I've learnt/realized.
Every night I pray to God and as well as asking for forgiveness and repenting, I tell him how much I want to know him and his word.
I'm a bit of a mess today for unrelated reasons so hopefully this post makes as much sense as I THINK it does lol apologies if it doesn't or I word something badly, I think you're a great person who has already given me great advice and welcomed me to this community <3