My question is if these numbers are true then why do the “people” allow things to happen like taking God out of school, gay marriage, et. al.
Sadly, I think these numbers are overblown or at least I hope they are for if that many people say they believe but continue to be apathetic our great country has little more than a prayer.
There are a lot of people out there who “sort of” believe in God. They like some of the good things religion provides them, such as comfort in time of crisis, the promise of an afterlife, and so forth. They have a spiritual need for there to be something other than the material.
So they want God to exist, but they don’t want to have to obey Him. They’re spoiled children who want to be able to do whatever they want, but for daddy to bail them out if they get in trouble. They ignore daddy when he tells them they won’t get in as much trouble if they don’t misbehave in the first place.
The result is a good sized segment of the population believes in God, His Biblical miracles, and His promises of forgiveness and eternal life. But they don’t want to obey Him. They want to party like it’s 1999, to appear “fashionable” to their secular friends, and to generally behave however they wish. But they want God to be there for them when the storm hits.
I believe surveys also show more people believe in the existence of God than of satan. It’s for the same reason. Pro-abortion, pro-homosexuality, secularized Christians want there to be a God to fall back on, but they don’t like the idea of satan and hell at all. Satan raises too many issues regarding their own behavior and their desire to fit in with the often sinful current fashions.