Barna Research checked into the question recently. The survey defined a “biblical worldview” as believing that absolute moral truth exists; the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches; Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merely symbolic; a person cannot earn their way into heaven by trying to be good or do good works; Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; and God is the all-knowing, all-powerful Creator of the world who still rules the universe today. In the research, anyone who held all of those beliefs was said to have a biblical worldview.
So what did Barna discover about Americans’ worldview? The research revealed that only 9% of all American adults have a biblical worldview. Among the sixty subgroups of respondents that the survey explored was one defined by those who said they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is important in their life today and that they are certain that they will go to heaven after they die, but only because they confessed their sins and accepted Christ as their Savior. Labeled “born-again Christians,” the study discovered that they were twice as likely as the average adult to possess a Biblical worldview. However, that meant that even among born-again Christians, less than 19% had such an outlook on life.
Do those figures surprise you? Do you find yourself wondering how we got to this point? I don’t think it’s too hard to figure out, really. As a nation, we have turned away from God. Most people today believe everyone goes to heaven; few believe in hell. But most of all, it’s idol worship that’s the problem. And that idol is… self.
This is Carl Ramsey and that’s Another View of the News.
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