Friday, February 28

NEW HARRIS POLL
"That very large majorities of the American public, and almost all (but not all) Christians believe in God, the survival of the soul after death, miracles, heaven, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the Virgin birth will come as no great surprise. What may be more surprising is that half of all adults believe in ghosts, almost a third believe in astrology, and more than a quarter believe in reincarnation -- that they were themselves reincarnated from other people. Majorities of about two- thirds of all adults believe in hell and the devil, but hardly anybody expects that they will go to hell themselves." Link to the complete story (Thanks CT)

I'm not surprised that hardly anyone expects to go to hell themselves. But I'm still trying to figure out how it is that "almost all (but not all) Christians believe in God..." It's like saying that most theists believe in God. Do we have a problem with definitions?

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