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Domestic Evangelism

When I hear of mission groups reaching out to Americans, I know there’s a need. While most people believe in God, I don’t think most believe know why they believe in God or why that should be important to them.

This latest poll on American’s views on God show what I mean.

Among the various religious groups, 76 percent of Protestants, 64 percent of Catholics and 30 percent of Jews said they are “absolutely certain” there is a God while 93 percent of Christians who describe themselves as “Born Again” feel certain God exists.

I know an important piece of this puzzle is missing; I don’t know how the poll read or whether the questions were intentionally misleading to get a scandalous answer. Still, if 93% of “Born Again” Christians are absolutely certain there is a God, what exactly do the other 7% believe? And if only 64% of Catholics believe there is a God, why to the other 36% bother to call themselves Catholic?

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Follower of Jesus, conservative, freedom-loving patriot.

3 responses to “Domestic Evangelism”

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    Sean

    I would like to know who comissioned the survey.

    As for the 7% – who knows.
    As for the Catholics, perhaps they treated the question as one of ethnicity, or familial association.

    Without the questions seen in light of the commissioning agent – bah. It’s simply a headline generator. Also note that the poll is an internet poll. I question that population representation as well.

    Now the Jews – go figure.

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    Michael

    It’s a Harris Poll.

    A more detailed breakdown is here.

    No idea what the questions were, only the headline-generating results.

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    Michael

    Hey, Houston Chronicle readers, welcome. Feel free to post something, it’s free. 🙂

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Michael, a sinner saved by grace, sharing what the good Lord has shared with me.

Solomon, in the book of Ecclesiastes, said, “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”

If you’re not living for the glory of God, then what you’re doing is meaningless, no matter what it is. Living for God gives life meaning, and enjoying a “chasing after the wind” is a gift from God. I’m doing what I can to enjoy this gift daily.

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