Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Survey of 3,000+ American adults indicates people have remarkably strong theological beliefs, many of which contradict each other and the Bible

71% say they believe in the One Trinitarian God of Three Persons. But 57% say the Holy Ghost is not a person. And 49% say Jesus is not God.

65% say God accepts the worship of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and of every other religion. 83% say God loves everybody the same. 66% say most people are good by nature. 74% say people are born innocent of sin.

52% say sex outside of marriage is a sin. 65% say God created marriage to be between one man and one woman. 49% believe abortion is a sin. 54% disagree that gender identity can be chosen. 

62% believe Jesus will come back to judge the living and the dead. 57% say hell is a real place of eternal punishment. 60% strongly deny that even the smallest of sins deserves eternal punishment.

49% think 100% of what the Bible teaches is accurate. 48% think the Bible contains myths which are not literally true. 36% say science disproves the Bible.  Half believe in the authority of the Bible. 46% believe the Bible's condemnation of homosexual behavior still applies today. 65% believe the Bible's accounts of the resurrection of Jesus are completely accurate.

Read all about it here.

Meanwhile, just 13% have actually read the whole Bible.

Same as it ever was.