From the Barna Group Website, today: Posted on January 12, 2009 For much of America's history, the assumption was that if you were born in America, you would affiliate with the Christian faith. A new nationwide survey by The Barna Group, however, indicates that people's views have changed. The study discovered that half of all adults now contend that Christianity is just one of many options that Americans choose from and that a huge majority of adults pick and choose what they believe rather than adopt a church or denomination's slate of beliefs. Still, most people say their faith is becoming increasingly important as a source of personal moral guidance. Choosing a Faith The survey shows half of Americans believe the Christian faith no longer has a lock on people's hearts. Overall, 50% of the adults interviewed agreed that Christianity is no longer the faith that Americans automatically accept as their personal faith, while just 44% disagreed and 6% were not sur...
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Yeah, I've read this. It sounds very good, but I believe this is the
same guy who described where he was as a place with clouds floating
around, A beautiful woman whom he apparently didn't know. Then he
talked with (and I forget the exact words here, but this is the idea)
the creator and sustainer of the entire Cosmos. The clouds in
particular sound more like a popular idea of heaven than what heaven
must really be like, In other words, although there are plenty of
near-death experiences that are convincing to me, I'm suspicious of
this one.
Thanks, Jim
I also think there may be some questionnable elements here, but I did find the main points compelling--such an experience when functionally brain-dead is a convincing element...I'm not sure that heaven would not have clouds?