Study: Fewer Americans Embrace Traditional View of God

NOTE: This is a very interesting and revealing study. I hate to say this, but I'm not surprised by the findings. I'm in a lot of churches in the course of a year and find so many that profess to be "Christians", but yet they don't know much about what the Bible says about how we should live our lives. Those that do know what the Scripture says, doesn't really want to live it. Do you think God is pleased with the way we react to His word? What are your thoughts? Share your thoughts by clicking the "comments" link below.

Less Americans embrace a traditional view of God and Bible reading is becoming less popular, a new study revealed.

In a national study of 1,006 adults, the Barna Group found that while two-thirds of the American population firmly embraces the idea that their most important purpose is to love God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength, the public's beliefs have changed in the past year.

The 2007 study, conducted in January, showed 66 percent of Americans believe that God is best described as the all-powerful, all-knowing perfect Creator of the universe who rules the world today. The proportion is down from 71 percent a year ago and represents the lowest percentage in more than 20 years of similar surveys, according to the report.

Additionally, 37 percent strongly disagree that Jesus sinned; 24 percent strongly reject the idea that Satan is not a real spiritual being; 29 percent have greater reluctance to explain their faith to other people; and 27 percent have a willingness to reject good works as a means to personal salvation - all the aforementioned percentages are down from 2006.

Despite the changes, the proportion of American adults who believe that the Bible is accurate in all the principles it teaches remains unchanged at 45 percent.

Still, a shift away from biblical perspectives are likely to result in significant alterations to the spiritual landscape since a person's beliefs dictates a great deal about their behavior and allegiance, stated David Kinnaman, who directed the study, in the report.

Read more results from this study on The Christian Post.