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At a time when the public display and discourse about matters of faith have been under attack, a new poll indicates most Americans 63 percent believe the Bible is literally true and the Word of God.
The survey taken Thursday and Friday by Rasmussen Reports found just 24 percent thinking otherwise.
When broken down into different demographics, the poll showed 77 percent of Republicans believe in the literal truth of the Bible as do 59 percent of Democrats and 50 percent of those not affiliated with either major party.
Among Evangelical Christians, 89 percent believe the Bible is literally true and just 4 percent say it is not. Among other Protestants, 70 percent believe the Bible is literally true. That view is shared by 58 percent of Catholics.
Eighty-two percent of black Americans believe the Bible is literally true and the Word of God. Fifty-nine percent of white Americans share that view along with 71 percent of other, primarily Hispanic, Americans.
While older Americans are slightly more likely to believe in the literal truth of the Bible, 58 percent of adults under 30 hold that view.
By a 4-to-1 margin, those who believe the Bible is literally true have a favorable opinion of Benedict XVI, the new pope.
The poll also shows 50 percent of American Catholics have a favorable opinion of the pope, with just 15 percent holding an unfavorable opinion.
Half of Catholics in America also believe it's more important for the Church to "stick to the views that have guided it for centuries" rather than "change to accommodate modern lifestyles," while 38 percent have the opposing view.
Evangelical Christians also have a positive opinion of the new pope 39 percent favorable and 13 percent unfavorable. Among other Protestants, the numbers are 30 percent favorable and 14 percent unfavorable.
Those outside the Christian faith have a less favorable view 23 percent favorable and 21 percent unfavorable.
Which version?freeandfun1 said:Poll: 63% of Americans think Bible literally true
Those believing Scripture is Word of God higher among Republicans than Democrats
dilloduck said:Which version?
gop_jeff said:God's version?
gop_jeff said:God's version?
dilloduck said:This is seriously absurd-----versions of the Bible are LITERALLY different !!
dilloduck said:This is seriously absurd-----versions of the Bible are LITERALLY different !!
Me neither, and we have a bunch of them stores in the bible beltmanu1959 said:couldn't find that one in the book store
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gop_jeff said:Your original question has no real answer. The different Bible translations are all equally excepted by Christians, though there are some translations (like the New World Translation) used specifically by non-Christian cults that are rejected.
-=d=- said:Not even close. There is only one 'version' of the bible...although there are many translations. However, context and the point of the Original scriptures is valid across translations.
dilloduck said:What do you mean no real answer?-----the pollsters did not even bother to ask which version of the Bible it was that these people believed LITERALLY ?
Then they don't...gop_jeff said:Again, all the major versions of the Bible - King James, New International Version, English Standard Version, Holman Christian Standard - say the same thing, even though the translation is slightly different.
dilloduck said:Different Churches use Bibles that word things differently---how something is worded is it's literal meaning. I would like an honest answer here--are some wording of the Bible simply wrong???
-=d=- said:...again, none of the IMPORTANT word-meanings are changed.
And you can claim to know the "IMPORTANT word-meanings "...-=d=- said:...again, none of the IMPORTANT word-meanings are changed.
Mr. P said:And you can claim to know the "IMPORTANT word-meanings "...
wow..Praise D our new LORD!
-=d=- said:It only takes a modicum of grasp of the language to know what the meaning of words is. Anybody who doesn't want to make excuses for their sin, or their lack of faith can read most ANY translation of the bible, and gather from it things God wants us to know.
dilloduck said:Different Churches use Bibles that word things differently---how something is worded is it's literal meaning. I would like an honest answer here--are some wording of the Bible simply wrong???
Of course...but that's not what you said to start with. What you said was sort of like reading different versions d..All Interpretation, ain't it?-=d=- said:It only takes a modicum of grasp of the language to know what the meaning of words is. Anybody who doesn't want to make excuses for their sin, or their lack of faith can read most ANY translation of the bible, and gather from it things God wants us to know.
