Hello ,
George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here's what he found about their knowledge of the Bible.
Now, remember these are Christians..
- 48% could not name the four Gospels.
- 52% cannot identify more than two or three of Jesus'
disciples.
- 60% of American Christians can't name even five of the 10 Commandments.
- When asking graduating high school "born again Christians" over 50% of them thought Sodom and Gomorrah were husband and wife.
- 61% of American Christians think the Sermon on the Mount was preached by Billy Graham.
- 71% of American
Christians think "God helps those who help themselves" is a Bible verse.
No wonder George Barna said, "Americans revere the Bible but, by and large they don't know what it says. And because they don't know it, they have become a nation of Biblical illiterates."
16 years later, I don't see any evidence that the situation has gotten any better. There's only one cure that I know of
taking care of biblical illiteracy, and that's to read your bible every day.
Have a great day and God bless!
