Posted on 04/17/2012 5:25:28 PM PDT by sreastman
Americans Evenly Split on Whether the Bible, Koran and Book of Mormon Teach the Same Spiritual Truths
FaithIssues
On the heels of Gallup's assessment of the religiosity by state, American Bible Society is releasing in-depth findings from its State of the Bible survey, which details Americans' beliefs about the Bible, its role in society, its presence in US homes and more.
The annual State of the Bible 2012 survey, conducted by Barna Group on behalf of American Bible Society, found that:
47% of American adults believe the Bible has too little influence in society today; only 16% believe it has too much influence, with the remaining adults expressing neutral opinions
55% read the Bible to be closer to God, down 9% (from 64%) in 2011
79% believe they are knowledgeable about the Bible but 54% were unable to correctly identify the first five books of the Bible
46% believe the Bible, the Koran and the Book of Mormon are different expressions of the same spiritual truths, 46% disagree
On average, 85% of U.S. households own a Bible; the average number of Bibles per household is 4.3
36% of Americans read the Bible less than once a year or never while 33% read the Bible once a week or more
Generational patterns emerged where younger adults are less likely to perceive the Bible as relevant and useful when compared with older adults.
Sixty-two percent of adults age 66 and older believe the Bible contains everything a person needs to know about living a meaningful life, dropping to 54% among boomers (age 47 to 65), 44% among those age 28 to 46, and dropping even further to 34% for those age 18 to 27
"Findings from The State of the Bible 2012 survey show Americans desire to read the Bible more and turn to it for the answers to life questions but have an increasingly less reverent view of its contents," said David Kinnaman, president of Barna Group.
Findings have remained stable since last year with a slight shift towards less religiosity particularly among young adults.
"In order to further our efforts to make the Bible accessible to people in a way that best fits their lives, it is imperative that we have a firm grasp on the views and actions of Americans around the Bible," said Lamar Vest, president of American Bible Society. "While the message of the Bible is unchanging, how we deliver it is ever changing. The State of the Bible 2012 helps us to better understand how Americans are interacting with God's Word."
© 2012 DeMossNews.com
Line them up side by side and then test them against the truth of Time!
The Truth emerges quite nicely!
They don’t teach the same, they have a another gospel other than the bible! Mormonism and Islam is not of God!
They don’t teach the same, they have a another gospel other than the bible! Mormonism and Islam is not of God!
Split? Illiterate vs Literate. OK.
When you know what the Bible teaches, you know what the other two do not teach...
The Truth.
The 46% who believe that all three books provide the same spiritual truth either show their ignorance or have MUSH FOR BRAINS! (Most I’ve talked to who take that position fall into the second category.)
Adherents to Islam, Evangelical Christianity, and Mormonism, who are well informed will insist that their particular primary scripture is more authoritative than the other two documents, if conceding any relevancy all all to them. They must do this since all three documents do not agree.
Evil is on the move! We must keep our eyes on it!
I don’t think you did your homework very well.
The percentage of Catholics in America is -————————
The percentage of Christians, evangelicals, Bible Churches is ——————————————————
The percentage of Mormons in American is ————————————
The percentage of Muslims in America is -————————
Ans woefully you forgot one group:
The percentage of Jews in America who read the Torah is ———————
Or is it Gallup’s ideas and you din’t check out the facts?
One would think Christians would KNOW this but many are far too lazy to do their homework. Check out the Mormon threads here and see how many Christians believe Mormons are just another branch of Christianity. It’s mind boggling.
ML/NJ
Did you sign up in February of this year just to post articles that make mormonism sound legitimate?
Are you here trying to support Willard RINOmney??
No, but they baptize them after they’re dead!!!
Jesus Christ, Son of God, moral virtues. Some of Mormonism adheres to Christian teaching.
Butn they swerve left with Joseph Smith and go WAAAAAAAY off the reservation.
Yes, there’s a split. A very, very wide split.
One need not read more than two or three sentences in any of them to know that they do not.
Pah. Islam= lies conjured up by a savage 7th century brute to give him an excuse to rule over his neighbors. Mormonism= lies conjured up by a 19th century horndog so he could have more than one wife.
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