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Gallup: Fewer people than ever before believe the Bible is literally true

May 16, 2017 by Paul Spoerry 3 Comments



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"Fewer than one in four Americans (24%) now believe the Bible is "the actual word of God, and is to be taken literally, word for word," similar to the 26% who view it as "a book of fables, legends, history and moral precepts recorded by man." This is the first time in Gallup's four-decade trend that biblical literalism has not surpassed biblical skepticism. Meanwhile, about half of Americans — a proportion largely unchanged over the years — fall in the middle, saying the Bible is the inspired word of God but that not all of it should be taken literally."

I get the first two… the third group always perplexes me a bit. If it's so inspired how come it's not crystal clear which portions are literal and which portions are not?

It’s also good to see that only 12% of people under the age of 30 say the Bible is literally God’s Word. Of course this all has to be taken with a grain of salt The same survey found that 7% of people with “No religion” said the Bible should be taken literally.

src: http://www.gallup.com/poll/210704/record-few-americans-believe-bible-literal-word-god.aspx

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I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

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I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

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  1. John BumpJohn Bump says

    May 16, 2017 at 1:10 pm

    So all I have to do is live another 1000 years or so…

  2. Paul SpoerryPaul Spoerry says

    May 17, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    I find that unfair +John Bump… they've had the last 2k-2.5k!

  3. John BumpJohn Bump says

    May 17, 2017 at 12:53 pm

    Dude, I'll take what I can get.

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