12.23.2004

used for the poll

According to a Newsweek poll (the fullness of which can be found here):
* 79% of Americans believe that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, without a human father
* 67% say they believe that the entire story of Christmas (the Virgin Birth, the angelic proclamation to the shepherds, the Wise Men, etc.) is historically accurate.
* 55% believe every word of the Bible is literally accurate.
* 82% believe Jesus Christ was God or the Son of God.
* 52% believe that Jesus will return to earth someday
* 62% favor teaching creation science in addition to evolution in public schools
* 43% favor teaching creation science instead of evolution in public schools

Some of these figures are heartening, and others confusing. Example: 82% believe He's the Son of God, but only 79% believe in the virgin birth -- what do the missing 3% believe?

55% believe the Bible is literally accurate, and yet only 52% believe in His return? Again, the missing 3%, where are you taking the literal accuracy?

55% believe in literal accuracy, but only 43% believe in replacing the false dogma of evolution in schools. The missing 12% of literalists, start at Gen and believe what you say you do.

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