Spiritual state of the nation
America’s Spiritual Health
1. Are you concerned that our country on a whole is abandoning biblical values?
[89] Yes [1] No [10] Undecided
2. How dangerous are the following to the spiritual health of America?
Very Somewhat Not very
The ACLU and similar groups 96 3 1
Pro-homosexual indoctrination 95 4 1
Abortion 93 6 1
Islamic terrorism 91 8 1
Hollywood 89 10 1
News Media 87 12 1
Darwinism/evolution 85 14 1
Cults and false religion 82 16 2
Atheism 82 16 2
Courts 81 18 1
Apathetic/uninformed Christians 79 20 1
Colleges and Universities 78 21 1
Public education (K-12) 69 29 2
Congress 63 35 2
Religious Freedom Issues
6. If Christians don’t take action, how likely is it that the federal government will pass a law making it a “hate crime” for pastors and others to speak out against homosexuality and religions like Islam—as other countries have done?
[78] Very [10] Somewhat [4] Not very [8] Undecided
7. How important is it to protect public displays of Christian expression, such as the Ten Commandments, from restrictions by groups like the ACLU?
[91] Very [3] Somewhat [0] Not very [6] Undecided
Sexual Morality Issues
8. How important is it to prevent homosexual “marriage” from becoming legal?
[92] Very [2] Somewhat [0] Not very [6] Undecided
9. Should Christians use the media (television, radio, print, Internet) to expose the lies of homosexuality and other forms of sexual immorality?
[91] Yes [1] No [8] Undecided
15. How important is it that the government require abortionists to tell women about the extreme pain their unborn children will experience during an abortion?
[87] Critical [7] Important [0] Not important [6]Undecided
Education Issues
16. How important is it that schools teach evolution as a theory rather than a fact—and include evidence for Intelligent Design?
[83] Critical [9] Important [1] Not important [7]Undecided
18. Should schools funded by your tax dollars promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle?
[1] Yes [93] No [6] Undecided
These opinions are so ridiculous I was hoping it's a parody site,but doesn't seem like it.
More here: http://www.coralridge.org/specialdocs/2008ENDOFResults.htm
Psalm 14:1 "the fool hath said in his heart there is a God"-From a 1763 misprinted edition of the bible
This is getting redudnant. My patience with the unteachable[atheists] is limited.
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Are this for real?
Where did they interview people? At church?
Here is the story behind the numbers: ACLU top threat
Only 13,000 christians responded....with so many sects of Christianity, I wonder if those surveyed were all Presbyterian?
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There is no way this is possibly real. It must be a joke. There is no way humanly possibly that 90% of people believe that public education is a threat to the "spiritual health of America", or 99% for the justice system, or 99% believe that Congress poses a threat, or that only 1% of people are unconcerned about "biblical values" given that Christians constitute approximately 70% of the US population (and hence, equally unlikely that 91% of people decided that removal of the Ten Commandments from Public display constitutes a danger, and by that same token, it is equally unlikely that 92% of respondants decided that Intelligent design should be taught, or that 99% of people believe that abortion poses a great danger to the spiritual health of America. Give the US some credit, it is much more polarized than that!
The only way this survey could be even remotely an accurate reflection of trends in opinion is if everyone was interviewed at Liberty University or at Pastor Haggard's Megachurch.
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Since it seems to be a church website,I asumed it was soley the views of that church. I know these numbers cannot reflect the average American population. However,it's still a scary reminder of what the fundamentalists think.
Psalm 14:1 "the fool hath said in his heart there is a God"-From a 1763 misprinted edition of the bible
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nothing says it like biased.
I have no idea who the respondents were, but trust me. If this was a Southern Baptist church congregation, I have no problem believing these numbers. It's obviously not a random sampling of Americans, though.
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Coral Ridge is a Presbyterian mega-church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, so the sample is more than likely the congregation of that church.