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Some interesting statistics in light of some recent debates in this forum:



GALLUP: Nearly 1 in 3 Believe Bible is Literal Word of God

By E&P Staff

Published: May 25, 2007 10:05 AM ET
NEW YORK About one-third of the American adult population believes the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally word for word, a new Gallup poll reveals. This percentage is only slightly lower than several decades ago.

Gallup reports that the majority of those "who don't believe that the Bible is literally true believe that it is the inspired word of God but that not everything it in should be taken literally." Finally, about one in five Americans believe the Bible is merely an ancient book of "fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by man."

There is also a strong relationship between education and belief in a literal Bible, Gallup explains, with such belief becoming much less prevalent as schooling continues.

Those who believe in the literal Bible amount to 31% of adult Americans. This is a decline of about 7% compared with Gallup polls taken in the 1970s and 1980s. It is strongest in the South.

Believe in the literal word of the Bible is strongest among those whose schooling stopped with high school and declines steadily with educational level, with only 20% of college graduates holding that view and 11% of those with an advanced degree.

[link to rawstory.com]
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Lets see how much drops once the baby boomers start dying off.
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I am 22 and fully believe the Word of God is the Bible!
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I am 22 and fully believe the Word of God is the Bible!
 Quoting: Believer 241879



Well I'm 21 and I think its...



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maybe Baby Boomers found the Bible to help them in the horrors of our lives
we lived through the assassinations of three heroes, a war which killed many of our classmates, an impeachment, and too many other things to mention
don't snicker until you've been there
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same as the ratio of democrats that think 911 was an inside job


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IMHO, these poll results underscore the importance of education & just how poor the educational system is in the USA.
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I am 22 and fully believe the Word of God is the Bible!
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hi Hi Believer,

When I was 22, I believed that also. And it took me another 20 to 40 years to realize that while the Bible contains God's word, it also contains the words of the devil and many others.

It took me many years to realize that both creation and evolution are not only possible, but necessary.

And it took me many years to realize that God/The Creator/ Force/ Source/ The Great Spirit/ Allah is not a painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

He/She/It is the Sentient Universe, who experiences all we experience, feels all we feel, and also creates through us.

Also, I have come to realize that many people use the Bible to justify their evil deeds, picking out a passage here or there to justify white supremacy, slavery, wars for greed and evil instead of following the simple words of Jesus, "Love."

Peace grouphug
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so, you assume that education will lead people away from God?
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sure, satan used the scriptures to tempt Jesus
but, also, Jesus used God's Word to rebuke satan

so, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
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If the bible IS the actual word of God..

YOU ARE SO DOOOOMED!!!

If it is NOT the word of God...

You are STILL DOOMED!!!

So whats the problem??
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so, you assume that education will lead people away from God?
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No, education leads people away from a literal belief in the Bible. Not necessarily the same thing.
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it should be 3 out of 3 but then again look at how we are living.i for one believ in the bible and in god and i pray that we as a nation come into a drastic change other wise all we have to look forward to is more dispair and more crime.for it is out of dispair that more crimes are commited.people who dont know how to make ends meet are in dispair and we are approachin this stage and fast
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word of "dog-ma?"
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same as the ratio of democrats that think 911 was an inside job


huuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ???
 Quoting: Mr. T


9/11 was an inside job
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if the bi-bell is the word of god then… Satan is god…
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That is just slightly more than the president's base support.
I guess some of these folks must find the new testament to be the better path.
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worship worship KD
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The Bible is the Word of GOD.


Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.


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Without that Bible, many charities that exist today would simply not exist. No other book has inspired mankind to reach out to their neighbors(when you do it to the leastest, you do it to God(the greatest)). The end of the dark ages fully came, when the Bible was put into print in every language making it the most widely printed book on earth, and so the only book able to transmit a message globally. The globalists will never have such power, a true global net-working ability and a great educational resource which establishes civilization. The rich men globalists will try to ban it eventually, but that will make it's power and reality that much stronger the more it and the messengers of the "Good(God) news" are persecuted. The Word will never be driven from this planet, because it's in too many languages now, so it's the Word of God for mankind as a whole. When every other message is wiped from this planet, the Word of God would be the last to go because it the only real truthful message with no lies in it accepted by all languages. The way, truth and life indeed.
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matrix - good name for being stuck in a web of lies.
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Read this forum since long time and realise that the bible beleiver are the one who have guns, are voting for Bush, accepting the war, sending their children to be kill for the supposed country (oil) and beleiving in all those TV-evangelist (money maker), Those are the peoples being KKK, racist, close minding and pro-war. And they did'nt understand what is Peace and Love. Should read other books.
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Praise The Holy Of Holy :: The bible is the divinely inspired words of our savior explaining how he defeated Satan and how that opened the door for your salvation!! Jesus defeated Satan's lock on people and he gave us the Holy Spirit to take our spirit out of Satan's realm! When we allow the holy spirit in think of it as a life guard in the water. It bonds to our spirit so when our spirit is released at death we are rescued out of here!!! This is the simplest explanation I can come up with but the bible explains the process in real detail!! Language has changed in a couple thousand years and some parts meant for the spirit filled to understand so the unsaved cannot see the truth that is there!2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. :::: From that scripture you see that all who call upon Jesus can be saved!!Praise the Lamb:: Amen
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FDB you are 100% correct.
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Praise The Holy Of Holy :: The bible is the divinely inspired words of our savior explaining how he defeated Satan and how that opened the door for your salvation!! Jesus defeated Satan's lock on people and he gave us the Holy Spirit to take our spirit out of Satan's realm! When we allow the holy spirit in think of it as a life guard in the water. It bonds to our spirit so when our spirit is released at death we are rescued out of here!!! This is the simplest explanation I can come up with but the bible explains the process in real detail!! Language has changed in a couple thousand years and some parts meant for the spirit filled to understand so the unsaved cannot see the truth that is there!2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. :::: From that scripture you see that all who call upon Jesus can be saved!!Praise the Lamb:: Amen
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Praise The Holy Of Holy :: If you take to long to write your reply you get logged out on your reply! So i just wanted to let you know this was me! Praise the Lamb:: Amen
Holy, holy,holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.Praise the one who gives you peace beyond all understanding Yes that scripture still sounds good !
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Thank God (pun intended) that 2 out of 3 still have brains...
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Read this forum since long time and realise that the bible beleiver are the one who have guns, are voting for Bush, accepting the war, sending their children to be kill for the supposed country (oil) and beleiving in all those TV-evangelist (money maker), Those are the peoples being KKK, racist, close minding and pro-war. And they did'nt understand what is Peace and Love. Should read other books.
 Quoting: Fée des bois. 242262


Yup, more people have been killed in the name of the christian god than any other cause in history, beginning with.

KJV: And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

The christian god loves a good bloodbath.
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so, you assume that education will lead people away from God?



No, education leads people away from a literal belief in the Bible. Not necessarily the same thing.
 Quoting: Hg

are you saying that Jesus was not educated?
what about Paul the Apostle?
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if the bi-bell is the word of god then… Satan is god…
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 242138

since you can't spell
who knows what you are saying
Moses wrote Genesis and satan is obviously not the Creator
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That is just slightly more than the president's base support.
I guess some of these folks must find the new testament to be the better path.
 Quoting: Anonymous coward 185332

people who believe the Bible don't vote for Bush
but, those who follow men do vote for Bush
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Without that Bible, many charities that exist today would simply not exist. No other book has inspired mankind to reach out to their neighbors(when you do it to the leastest, you do it to God(the greatest)). The end of the dark ages fully came, when the Bible was put into print in every language making it the most widely printed book on earth, and so the only book able to transmit a message globally. The globalists will never have such power, a true global net-working ability and a great educational resource which establishes civilization. The rich men globalists will try to ban it eventually, but that will make it's power and reality that much stronger the more it and the messengers of the "Good(God) news" are persecuted. The Word will never be driven from this planet, because it's in too many languages now, so it's the Word of God for mankind as a whole. When every other message is wiped from this planet, the Word of God would be the last to go because it the only real truthful message with no lies in it accepted by all languages. The way, truth and life indeed.
 Quoting: Matrix 241590

exactly
and ironically
it was the Roman Catholic church which tried to keep scriptures out of the hands of the masses





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