TÂNĂRUL CREȘTIN SAU APOLOGIA FRUMOSULUI MORAL VERSUS SURÂSUL TRIST AL NEDUMERIRII ÎN SOCIETATEA SECULARIZANT-POSTMODERNĂ

The young people of our times live in a time of changes, very challenging for the Christian faith and mission. They are inclined to choose between different fragments of truth, several thinking systems and concepts according to their way of seeing the reality or to their opinions upon the spiritual growth. The religious syncretism is more and more present nowadays and begins to be part in the existence of the postmodern young people. Postmodernism creates a series of difficulties for them: hesitating thoughts, difficulties in accepting various pieces of truth related to faith and morality, not corresponding to their own thoughts. Thus, all these seem to limit and obstruct the manifestation of the human liberty. The Church is a real defender and keeper of the human values, meaning the sacred values of life, liberty, family and human solidarity. The young people need the Church and the Church needs the young people. The postmodern society develops an existential system that tries to cultivate some anti-Christian and antireligious mentalities. If the old atheism used to present itself in a decent manner and with respect for good social relations, we observe today that we deal with an unprecedented nihilism and unnatural manifestations and attitudes that determine extreme terrorist violence. The postmodern mentality inevitably leads to secularism, which is more dangerous than the atheism, because it benefits of a false mask of declaring a religious appurtenance. The present study does not intend a complex analyse of the problems linked to the life of the young people. It mainly intends to present some pastoral methods for Christ and Church to meet and guise the young people, more and more confronted with dilemmas, problems and the challenges of the contemporary world.