Comments on: 21% of American atheists believe in God…words mean nothing anymore

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:40:55 +0000

I’m pretty sure that there is at least part of a case of people answering the polls wrong.

However, I think one of the conclusions of the poll was that people are moderating their beliefs. So, the Pew remarked that certain evangelicals’ belief in multiple paths to eternal life was a “moderation” of orthodox belief due to living in a pluralistic society for so long.

…I think we have enough Fire and brimstone Christians though to say for sure that most don’t believe there is any way to eternal life other than Jesus Christ.

By: James Gray

James Gray — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:41:39 +0000

People obviously are answering the polls wrong. One example you gave makes me very suspicious other than the atheist poll:

evangelicals think there are multiple paths to eternal life.

They really believe that??? I thought Christians thought everyone has eternal life–even people who go to hell. Some/most people don’t think about these polls and they answer in whatever way sounds politically correct to them.

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Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:07:21 +0000

[...] This reminds me of when I wrote on my other blog about this shocking poll result that, according to the Pew Forum on Religious Life, 21% of American atheists believe in God. [...]

By: rwzero

rwzero — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:24:39 +0000

The atheists will get their 21% back when the poll starts asking Christians the right questions…

They’ll eventually find that the pie chart just needs to be rotated slightly in one direction or the other.

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