RE: Pew Research
April 30, 2018 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: April 30, 2018 at 11:10 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
(April 30, 2018 at 10:59 am)Losty Wrote: Wow 56% believing in the god of the Bible is a lot lower than I would’ve expected.
That could be in part because Jewish people think the question refers to both the OT and NT. There is also an increasing Muslim and Hindi population that would answer no.
(April 30, 2018 at 11:04 am)mh.brewer Wrote: If they need that mental crutch they are welcome to it.
That cuts both ways. Wanting to escape feelings of shame in this world and the prospect of judgement in the next could also be considered a kind of crutch.