BIBLE GIVEN LITTLE IMPORTANCE AT ELECTION TIME
Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com)
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
The party conventions are over and the campaign is underway for the White House and other important offices. Meanwhile, a survey has been done on the influence of the Bible and faith on one's voting decisions.American Bible Society does an annual survey of the State of the Bible, and this year it tested attitudes toward the upcoming election. Lamar Vest serves as president of the Society.
Vest"Of those [ages] 18 to 27, 59 percent of those in the survey indicated that faith has very little or no influence in their views on political issues," he summarizes. "Of those 64 and older, you see a higher percentage of people who say that it matters to them what people believe about the Bible."
Vest says that one of the shocking statistics was that about half of those surveyed said they would vote for an atheist as president. Only 49 percent would vote for a candidate based on whether they use a Bible.
"Twenty-five to thirty years ago, we did a survey with Gallup that shocked us all that basically indicated that people going to church on a regular basis had little to do with the way they lived their lives," Vest laments.
What the latest survey shows is that people suggest they believe the Bible is divinely inspired, but it has little to do with the way they vote in the election.
Vest notes the Bible is still a top seller, and that people debate it and give it as gifts. "They seem to do everything but read it," he decides, pointing out that that is the challenge.
The American Bible Society is based in New York City.
VestVest says that one of the shocking statistics was that about half of those surveyed said they would vote for an atheist as president. Only 49 percent would vote for a candidate based on whether they use a Bible.
"Twenty-five to thirty years ago, we did a survey with Gallup that shocked us all that basically indicated that people going to church on a regular basis had little to do with the way they lived their lives," Vest laments.
What the latest survey shows is that people suggest they believe the Bible is divinely inspired, but it has little to do with the way they vote in the election.
Vest notes the Bible is still a top seller, and that people debate it and give it as gifts. "They seem to do everything but read it," he decides, pointing out that that is the challenge.
The American Bible Society is based in New York City.
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