A huge survey on religion in America released today (June 24, 08) skews the facts on religious beliefs. To their credit they interviewed 35,000 people to reach their conclusions but the wording of their questions make the results invalid.
http://religions.pewforum.org/
I always get nervous when I see news media entities ask survey questions. The questions are usually something that the average person has no expertise on which to base his answer and therefore has no valid meaning. This survey has some of those types of questions. It may have some usefulness in telling Christian denominations how well they are doing in communicating their message but the survey does not take in to account that a large percentage of Christians are in early stages of being slowly trained in what the Bible teaches and are not qualified to answer a comprehensive survey.
Another problem and probably the most relevant one is the fact that in their questions they make no clear differentiation as to whether the term “other religions” is the same or different from the term “other denominations” This skews their conclusion that most respondents say that there is more than one path to eternal life. If 57% of Evangelicals believe this as the survey says we are in big trouble. Most likely though, it is a purposeful attempt to give credence to the secular universalist view of religion. Surveys always have an agenda to push. They think a “One World Religion” would make the world a better place with no conflict and everyone in one accord.
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Well said.
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