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from: sam harris quote 09-08-24 |
According to Gallup, 35 percent of Americans believe that the
Bible is the literal and inerrant word of the Creator of the universe.
Another 48 percent believe that it is the "inspired" word of the
same - still inerrant, though certain of its passages must be interpreted
symbolically before their truth can be brought to light. Only
17 percent of us remain to doubt that a personal God, in his infinite
wisdom, is likely to have authored this text - or, for that matter, to
have created the earth with its 250,000 species of beetles. Some 46
percent of Americans take a literalist view of creation (40 percent
believe that God has guided creation over the course of millions of
years). This means that 120 million of us place the big bang 2,500
years after the |
