The Myth of a Christian Nation
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Myth of a Christian NationBut, you can still be a Christian in America
America is not a Christian nation, but ironically it is one of the best places for cultivating authentic
Christianity.
What makes a nation Christian, is it when a church controls the government or believers are free to worship?
Most Americans proclaim to be Christians, they own a Bible and attend a church regularly.
Most Americans believe the Bible, but only a few read it regularly. Thus, most Christians are easily swayed by popular opinion.
Chronicles of a kid
NEXT DOORgracemusing.com
320Thousand
churches are in America
125Million people in
America are Evangelical Christians
4.4Number of Bibles per household250
Million people in America are Christians
89
166
45
56
Who Will Receive Eternal Life?
Christians who believe only Jesus lead to eternity
Christians who believe most religions lead to eternity
Evangelicals who believe not only Jesus lead to eternity
Evangelicals who believe most religions lead to eternity
Number of people in millions
88
21
47
28
America’s Opinion on the Bible
Somethings in the Bible
are not literary true
Bible is an ancient book of
fables
Own a Bible
Bible should be taken literary
RESOURCES1. ABS & Barna Group, 2015, “American Bible Society’s State of the
Bible 2015”,
http://www.americanbible.org/features/state-of-the-bible-2015
2. Lydia Saad, 2014, “Three in Four in U.S. Still See the Bible as Word
of God”, Gallup,
http://www.gallup.com/poll/170834/three-four-bible-word-god.aspx
3. Dennis P. Hollinger, 2009,“Is Jesus Really the Only Way to God”,
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,
http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/Is-Jesus-Really-the-Only-
Way-to-God.cfm
4. Pew Research Center, 2015, “America’s Changing Religious
Landscape”,
http://www.pewforum.org/files/2015/05/RLS-05-08-full-report.pdf
5. Bob Smietana, 2006, Statistical Illusion,
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/april/32.85.html