Agnostic75
Well-Known Member
I am trying to reasonably establish that while biblical literalism has dropped in the U.S. during the past three decades, that drop has not been as substantial as many people think it has been, and that biblical literalists still have a lot of political power. All biblical literalists are not exactly the same, but some evidence implies that there are still tens of millions of Americans who are biblical literalists.
An article at Four in 10 Americans Believe in Strict Creationism says that a December 17, 2010 Gallup Poll shows that "four in 10 Americans, slightly fewer today than in years past, believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago." An article at Beliefs of the U.S. public about evolution and creation mentions the same poll and shows that from 1982 to 2010, or almost 30 years, there was only a drop of four percentage points from 44% to 40%.
A Gallup Poll website at One-Third of Americans Believe the Bible Is Literally True says that in 2007, "about one-third [31%] of the American adult population believes the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally word for word. This percentage is slightly lower than several decades ago."
Consider the following:
USA QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
So there are about 234 million adults in the U.S. That means that If 31% of adults believe that the Bible is absolutely accurate and should be taken literally, that is 71 million Americans, or almost 10 million more people than the populations of the two largest states combined, which are California and Texas.
I believe that it is reasonable to conclude that tens of millions of Americans believe that the earth is young, and/or that a global flood occurred. Regarding people who believe that God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago, isn't it reasonable to conclude that a sizeable majority of them also believe that the story of Adam and Eve is literally true? If so, isn't it also reasonable to conclude that most of them also believe that a global flood occurred since the flood story is also in the book of Genesis?
An article at Four in 10 Americans Believe in Strict Creationism says that a December 17, 2010 Gallup Poll shows that "four in 10 Americans, slightly fewer today than in years past, believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago." An article at Beliefs of the U.S. public about evolution and creation mentions the same poll and shows that from 1982 to 2010, or almost 30 years, there was only a drop of four percentage points from 44% to 40%.
A Gallup Poll website at One-Third of Americans Believe the Bible Is Literally True says that in 2007, "about one-third [31%] of the American adult population believes the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally word for word. This percentage is slightly lower than several decades ago."
Consider the following:
USA QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau said:
So there are about 234 million adults in the U.S. That means that If 31% of adults believe that the Bible is absolutely accurate and should be taken literally, that is 71 million Americans, or almost 10 million more people than the populations of the two largest states combined, which are California and Texas.
I believe that it is reasonable to conclude that tens of millions of Americans believe that the earth is young, and/or that a global flood occurred. Regarding people who believe that God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago, isn't it reasonable to conclude that a sizeable majority of them also believe that the story of Adam and Eve is literally true? If so, isn't it also reasonable to conclude that most of them also believe that a global flood occurred since the flood story is also in the book of Genesis?
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