April 11, 2004
HUH?
75% Believe Jesus Rose from Dead; 77% Say He is Son of God (RasmussanReports.com, 4/11/04)
On Easter Sunday, the day that Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 75% of American voters believe that Jesus did, in fact, rise from the dead. . . .So, there are non-Christians who believe Jesus was the Son of God who rose from the dead and Christians who disagree? Posted by David Cohen at April 11, 2004 10:04 PMAmong non-Christians, only 46% believe He rose from the dead. . . .
Seventy-seven percent (77%) [of all voters] believe Jesus Christ was the Son of God who came to earth to die for our sins. 12% do not. Among those who profess a Christian faith, 89% believe Christ was the son of God. Among non-Christians, half (49%) hold this view.
Seventy percent (70%) of voters say that they are Christian, including 38% who say they attend services at least two or three times a month.
There's a name for both groups: Episcopalians.
Posted by: "Edward" at April 11, 2004 10:36 PMThere were people who saw Lazarus walk out of the tomb who ran to the Sadducees to tattle on Jesus.
Posted by: jim hamlen at April 12, 2004 2:03 AMEither something is really screwy with the way the poll's questions were phrased, or else there are a lot of supposedly non-Christian people who are either, for lack of a better word, crypto-Christians or who might be stunned to find themselves told that they're actually Christians. Methinks there are going to be a LOT of surprises at Judgment Day...
Posted by: Joe at April 12, 2004 5:19 AMJust when I thought the world couldn't get any funnier.
Posted by: Chris at April 12, 2004 8:38 AMJoe:
Matthew 7:21-23 is Jesus's explanation of this. "Not everyone who says 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven....".
Posted by: jim hamlen at April 12, 2004 8:53 AMThere's a fatal flaw in this poll and it's spelled "Rasmussen".
Posted by: Mike M at April 12, 2004 9:07 AMJim:
Don't forget:
Thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well; the devils also believe, and tremble.
James 2:19
Posted by: mike earl at April 12, 2004 11:13 AMDavid:
Every creed has some confused souls around the edges. Why, I know some secularists who believe materialism provides a complete explanation for Porsche design, poetry, genocide and porn, but who think that the mystery of the otter may point to a transcendental reality.
Posted by: Peter B at April 12, 2004 12:01 PMYes, but of which creed are they at the edge?
Posted by: David Cohen at April 12, 2004 1:58 PMGod looked on the Porshe and saw it was good? From the beginning?
If you'll believe that, you'll believe anything.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at April 12, 2004 8:12 PMFrankly, I'd believe that the Porsche is the point of creation.
Posted by: David Cohen at April 12, 2004 8:16 PMI'm a materialist secularist. I own a Porsche.
Materialism gives a pretty good explanation for why we have the capacities we do.
As for what we do with them, for Peter's point to be anywhere near plausible, that would entail being able to predict the future.
Which any materialist would tell you is not bloody likely.
"Frankly, I'd believe that the Porsche is the point of creation."
Sorry, David, but I don't agree with you here. Well, not absolutely completely.
Posted by: Jeff Guinn at April 13, 2004 5:45 PMJeff:
"I'm a materialist secularist. I own a Porsche."
Sounds like you just came back from Confession.
Posted by: Peter B at April 13, 2004 8:12 PMPeter:
Well, I wouldn't call BroJudd Industries confession, but that is your call.
But what of your assertion? If true, then we would be able to foretell the future, wouldn't we?
Posted by: Jeff Guinn at April 13, 2004 10:00 PM