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Remembrance Month!
November 2021
Disturbing new trend!
Almost 70% of born-again Christians believe that there are other ways to Heaven
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ome born-again Christians make up almost 70% who disagree with the Bible and the biblical position that Jesus is the only way to Heaven, according to a new survey from Probe Ministries, a nonprofit ministry that is trying to help the church by refreshing the minds of Christians with a Christian world view. This survey looks at religious mindsets and their beliefs towards cultural attitudes. They polled 3,106 Americans of the ages 18-55; they were from all religious groups which included 717 participants who said they were bornagain Christians. The born-again Christians were recognized on their reply to the question that asked, "Do you have a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is important in your life today?" They were also recognized by what they believe in and from what happens after you die. Born-again Christians agreed that, "I will go to Heaven because I did
confess all of my sins and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior." Regardless of this claim made by the born -again Christians in this poll, all of those between the ages of 18 to 39, who was with some kind of religion, about 1 out of 5 strongly disagreed with those who said that Muhammad, Buddha and Jesus all taught valid ways to God. Sixty percent of them said they shared their faith with others with the purpose of converting them. Steve Cable, who is the senior vice-president of Probe Ministries said,
"If you think that there are multiple ways to Heaven, why would you want to go out of your way to convert someone to your religion? Of course, you could be sharing with an unaffiliated person who needs to choose a valid religion." The survey also saw that some of the top reasons born-again Christians gave for why they don't tell anyone about their faith was because of pluralism. When born-again Christians explained why they don't tell others about Jesus, they gave three reasons: 1)
"They can get to Heaven through different religious beliefs," 2) "We shouldn't impose our ideas on others," 3) "The Bible tells us not to judge others." Steve Cable, said, "At first glance, this may seem surprising. But in a culture where pluralism is a dominant part of all religious groups, it begins to make sense. And the pluralistic reasons were dominant, attracting around two thirds of the population across all religious groupings." Steve also stated that pastors and their churches really need to teach all of their congregations that Jesus is the only way to Heaven. Their are roughly about 176 million American adults that say they are Christians, but only 6% or 15 million actually had a strong biblical world view. Another shocking figure was that over half reject quite a bit of biblical teachings. This includes the existence of the Holy Spirit.
