Comments on: Pew Forum Religious Landscape Survey

By: alece

alece — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:31:25 +0000

i think you’re right.

it’s easier to say you’re a christian than it is to actually follow christ. and to follow christ means to believe he is the only one worth following.

By: edfromct

edfromct — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:22:55 +0000

Alece, “Only…36 percent of Evangelicals…say that “my religion is the one true faith” leading to salvation.”

I was surprised by that statistic. I expected that if any religious group believed their religion was the true path to salvation it would be Evangelical Christians.

Perhaps some people who call themselves Evangelicals really aren’t.

By: alece

alece — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:36:08 +0000

while not a shock (i’ve heard this before), it still catches my heart to read: “Only…36 percent of Evangelicals…say that “my religion is the one true faith” leading to salvation.” that lack of belief in absolute truth is destroying us. it’s the demise of morals and the death of purposeful living. why believe in something that we don’t feel is even worthy of our belief, of our heart, of our focus? if it’s not worthy of my all, why bother? and if it is worthy of my all, don’t i believe it’s worthy of everyone’s all?

i am one of the 60% of americans who believe in a personal God. i can’t imagine choosing to follow someone who is far off, aloof, distant, and uninvolved. what makes God God is that He is near, unreserved, intimate, and involved. He doesn’t just love us; He IS love personified.