75% in Arkansas, Alabama Believe Bible Literally True

robdastud

robdastud

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Not surprisingly, the Bible Belt region lives up to its name with states like Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and West Virginia containing the highest percentage of those who believe the Bible is literally true. Alabama and Arkansas came out on top as 75% say they believe the Bible is literally true. West Virginia (70%) and Tennessee (68%) are close behind.

The northeast region of our map represents the other extreme. In Vermont and Massachusetts, only 22% of those respondents believe the Bible is literally true—the lowest percentages in all states surveyed.

Earlier this summer, a national survey found that 54% of American adults believe the Bible is literally true.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State Polls/August 2006/bibleLiterallyTrue.htm

how could you think LITERALLY....?? word for word?? LOL
 
Of course they would say that. No one dares to say otherwise, for fear of being labeled atheist. Probably some of those respondants had never set foot in a church :)
 
I highly doubt Noah fit all those animals on an arc, or that Jonah lived in the belly of a whale.
 
Damocles said:
That was a fish, according to the story in the Bible, not a whale.
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LOL good catch. Yes, I'm aware of that. But, in the lexicon of the day, I think whales were considered "fish". They didn't know about taxonomic classification back then, or the biological classification of mammals versus fish back then. And a whale is the only "fish" who's stomach is large enough for a man to live in.
 
robdastud said:
Not surprisingly, the Bible Belt region lives up to its name with states like Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and West Virginia containing the highest percentage of those who believe the Bible is literally true. Alabama and Arkansas came out on top as 75% say they believe the Bible is literally true. West Virginia (70%) and Tennessee (68%) are close behind.
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And this is a bad thing?

The northeast region of our map represents the other extreme. In Vermont and Massachusetts, only 22% of those respondents believe the Bible is literally true—the lowest percentages in all states surveyed.
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And this is a good thing?

Earlier this summer, a national survey found that 54% of American adults believe the Bible is literally true.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State Polls/August 2006/bibleLiterallyTrue.htm

how could you think LITERALLY....?? word for word?? LOL
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If the Bible isn't true then we (Christians) might as well forget about how we are trying to live. Of course we would believe that it is true. The Bible is the basis for Christianity and belief in the Bible is the starting point.
 
uscitizen said:
Biblical schlors agree that parts of the bible are parables and such and not actual fact.
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Of course this is true. Many of the parables began, "And he spake a parable unto them saying...." Then there are others (more precisely allegories) like t he book of Hosea where Israel's relationship with God is portrayed through the life of the prophet Hosea who was told to marry a whorish prostitute who was not faithful to him. But it is all true. Society today, in their relationship to God, is just like the wife of Hosea, a whorish prostitute. It's worse in some areas than others.
 
leaningright said:
Of course this is true. Many of the parables began, "And he spake a parable unto them saying...." Then there are others (more precisely allegories) like t he book of Hosea where Israel's relationship with God is portrayed through the life of the prophet Hosea who was told to marry a whorish prostitute who was not faithful to him. But it is all true. Society today, in their relationship to God, is just like the wife of Hosea, a whorish prostitute. It's worse in some areas than others.
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I would also point out that, just like Hosea did with his wife, no matter what we have done in our past, God will take us back if we are willing to change. Once again, we have to change to fit the book. Too many today want to change the book to fit them.
 
Too many today want to change the book to fit them.
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I don't think that is just a today issue Leaning, it is a human problem.
 
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