Less Than A Third Of Americans Say Bible Is Actual Word Of God

Less Than a Third of Americans Say Bible Is Actual Word of God, Should Be Taken Literally

BY MORGAN LEE , CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER

June 5, 2014|12:08 pm

According to the findings of a Gallup poll released on Wednesday, 28 percent of Americans believe that the Bible was "the actual word of God" and that it should be "taken literally, word for word." Forty percent of Americans agreed with that statement in 1979 — a record high — though the number has since declined every year with the exception of 2012.

Nearly 50 percent of Americans agree that the Bible is the "inspired word of God" and that not all of its content should be taken literally. The 47 percent of respondents who believe this perspective is 2 percent higher than when Gallup began asking the question in 1976, and five points short of the 52 percent who agreed with it in 2003.

Those who claimed that the Bible is an "ancient book of fables, legends, history and moral precepts recorded by man" reached its record high this year with 21 percent. In 1976, only 13 percent of Americans agreed with the statement.

Gallup's study also sought to clarify what it identified as "two ongoing debates in Christian theology."

"One is about whether the words of the Bible came directly from God — essentially using the writers as scribes — or if they are the words of men, but guided by divine inspiration," its report stated. "The other debate involves the meaning of the words: whether they should be taken literally, or be viewed partly — or merely — as metaphors and allegories that allow for interpretation."

My comments: According to Gallup, only a third  of Americans believe the Bible is the actual Word of God. Not believing that the Bible Is the actual Word of God is itself, Apostasy. Either God said what He meant and meant what He said or Christianity is just another man made religion. And the Bible declares: "Cursed is the one who trust in man." (Jeremiah 17:5). This is a partial explanation of America's ever increasing godlessness. Only a few uphold God and His Word.