GALLUP POLL: 1 in 3 Americans believe the Bible is Literally True
Posted on May 27th, 2007 by Michael
Gallup Poll. Princeton, NJ:
This percentage is slightly lower than several decades ago. The majority of those Americans 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. About one in five Americans believe the Bible is an ancient book of “fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by man.”
Belief in a literal Bible is strongly correlated with indicators of religion, including church attendance and identification with a Protestant or other non-Catholic Christian faith.
There is also a strong relationship between education and belief in a literal Bible, with such belief becoming much less prevalent among those who have college educations.
June 3rd, 2007 at 5:19 am
What about the rest of the world? Being in the United States, i have to wonder if only the belief systems of Americans are the important ones to keep on top of or are these surveyors the least bit concerned with other nations?