Inerrancy of Scripture
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by Staff

A survey in the 90's produced some dismal results about people's belief in the inerrancy of Scripture. The results would likely be the same today because there's not a lot of room for it to get worse. Here are the findings: 85% of the students in one of America's largest evangelical seminaries stated that they do not believe in the inerrancy of Scripture. Beyond that, a poll of 10,000 U.S.A. clergymen (of whom 74% replied) by sociologist Jeffery Hadden in 1987 clearly reveals the effects of this significant change of belief through the passage of time. When asked if they believed that the Scriptures are the inspired and inerrant Word of God in faith, history, and secular matters:

95% of Episcopalians said "No."
87% of Methodists said "No."
82% of Presbyterians said "No."
77% of American Lutherans said "No."
67% of American Baptists said "No."

This sad commentary speaks for itself.

The Gideon, Illustrations from ChristianGlobe, by Staff