I was amazed to read this post at JunkYardBlog –
The three surveys found that an average 31 percent of the respondents said that “the Bible is absolutely accurate and should be taken literally word for word,” according to Frank Newport, editor in chief of the Gallup Poll. Forty-seven percent said the Bible was “the inspired word of God,” and 19 percent said it was a book of ancient fables, history and “moral precepts” recorded by man.
SeeDubya goes on to make an entirely different point, but I’m stuck on those statistics. There’s no possible way that they are true, except maybe in the sense of James 2:19: “You believe that there is one God. That’s fine! Even the demons believe that and tremble with fear.” (ISV)
People don’t really believe what the bible says, or they wouldn’t allow their daughters to idolize Paris Hilton. Their sons wouldn’t be playing video games like Grand Theft Auto. They wouldn’t be flipping people off and cutting them off in traffic, goldbricking and stealing office supplies at work, and surfing for porn at night when the rest of the family is asleep. If people truly believed, churches would have some activity going on 7 days a week – bible studies, community service projects, Alpha, food pantries, literacy classes… people would be serving instead of watching TV.
Saying they believe it is nothing like actually believing. When you really believe something, you act on it. If there were that many bible-believing Christians in this country it would be a very different place.
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