Day 141.5: Why do so many believe in Jesus?

Why do so many believe in Jesus? Because they don’t actually know what the Bible says.

By theBEattitude.com

The majority of Christians in America are biblically illiterate.

This is kind of a big deal considering the Bible is the foundation and basis for their belief system and reason for living. Does anyone else find it odd that so many Christians are willfully illiterate to something so pivotal in their lives?

Here are a few statistics:

• 93% of Americans have a Bible.¹
• Only half of Americans can even name one of the Gospels.¹
• The majority of Americans don’t know that Genesis is the first book of the Bible.¹
• 60% of evangelicals think Jesus was born in Jerusalem rather than Bethlehem.¹
• 22% of high school students think Moses was one of Jesus’ disciples.¹
• Half of High School seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were a married couple.¹
• 1 in 10 Americans believe that Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife.¹
• 60% of Americans can’t name 5 of the ten commandments.¹
• Given thirteen basic teachings from the Bible, only 1% of adult believers embraced all thirteen as being biblical perspectives.²
• One-third of college attending Christians could not put the following in order: Abraham, the Old Testament prophets, the death of Christ, and Pentecost.³
• One-third could also not identify Matthew as an apostle from a list of New Testament names.³

Many Americans continue to believe that a Jewish man from 2,000 years ago was God’s son … simply because someone told them so when they were a child. This is the equivalent to believing in Santa Claus as an adult. If you choose to worship Jesus every Sunday, at least take the time to read the book about him. Otherwise you’re nothing more than a lemming.