Is there a rift in the religious right?

Question

According to Defcon there is.


The new anti-science Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, has nothing of value to teach about the development of life on Earth -- but that doesn't mean we haven't learned anything from it.

A new poll released by DefCon reveals the enormous schism within the religious right represented by the museum. The poll shows that 95% of Evangelicals reject the Creation Musuem's strange, dino-friendly version of Creationism. In addition, only 10% of self-identified Evangelicals support Intelligent Design. While religious right leaders like James Dobson lump all forms of anti-evolution together, the new Creation Museum is showing us just how deeply divided the religious right really is.

More than half of the people who agreed to answer a survey believe Answers in Genesis' Creation Museum is "bizarre," "Biblically inaccurate" or "scientifically unsound," a recent poll shows.

http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070629/NEWS0103/706290399

A national public opinion firm quizzed 800 likely voters across the country on religious issues, including what they thought of the museum, located in Petersburg.

Recently a Creationism Museum opened up in Kentucky," the poll stated. "The museum portrays dinosaurs living alongside Adam and Eve as well as dinosaurs on Noah's Ark. Which of the following words best describes your view on this?"

The choices were: "Literal Word of God," "Biblically accurate," "Bizarre," "Biblically inaccurate," "Scientifically unsound" and "Not sure."

Fifty-four percent of the 800 responded "bizarre," "Biblically inaccurate" or "scientifically unsound," while 25 percent said they were unsure and 17 percent said the museum's views represented the "literal word of God" or were "Biblically accurate."

The survey found that 48 percent of people who said they attend church "every week" found the idea of the museum "bizarre," "Biblically inaccurate" or "scientifically unsound."

LOL Steve. The Pope will stir up a hornets nest with that one.

Answer 1

I agree.

Weeks ago I asked here, "will the Creation 'Museum' hurt Evangelical Christianity?"

Gandolf had a great response: "This [museum] is the single biggest example of someone shooting themself in the foot. Creationism has been set back 8,000 miles by this idiotic 'museum.' Hooray!"

I think transparency in the idiocy of certain dogmas will hasten their decline. I didn't know about creationism until just a few years ago. I was utterly shocked to find out that it is so widespread. But now that more people know about it, the harder it will be for creationism to grow and flourish.

Answer 2

I thought this museum was a big to-do about nothing all along. And to think with all the free publicity from those trying to shut it down they have only attracted 40,000 visitors… That’s about the congregation of 3 or 4 mega-churches.

Even though I disagree with the views this museum puts forward, I defend their right to free religious expression.

But I’m sure they appreciate all the controversy. I’ll bet they wouldn’t have attracted half that many without it.

Personally, I think the anti-science Christians and the anti-Christian science people deserve each other. Keep it up. You can probably work out many more ways to prop up each other’s projects.

Answer 3

Before I forget, WHAT (where) is the "LITERAL word of God?"
Definitely a "rift." What has bothered me the most, is the influence of Fundamentalist Christians in politics. Bush was called by God to be president? Hello? This shattered, disliked, withered person WILL NOT BACK DOWN in spite of many of his cohorts deserting the ship, & is fixated on Iraq.
Was this invasion Christian? His crocodile tears as he sends over even more troops to die? ...I've gotten off the point! I do appreciate the information you gave! It says a lot....

Answer 4

Yes there is a great rift to the right!
Yes there is a great rift to the left!

Factions are truly at a loss, concerning what is the "Truth".
This could cause disunity, or it could cause unity.

My opinion is that it will cause "Unity", but unfortunately it is a long way down the road.

Where is this "Great Melting Pot", that has been talked of in the past? Can there ever be agreement among the one race known as Human Beings?

Answer 5

The Pope today said that only through the Catholic Church can Christians go to Heaven, and all other faiths are going to Hell. I'd call that a rift. The big thing is they believe in things without facts or logic, so there is no telling what the religious will believe in.

Answer 6

If with the aid of "enable" you advise the bible, torah, koran, etc, then this is no longer a question of "God" yet of guy. guy, because of the fact it is who created and compiled those books. while God created guy, He knew that guy could and ought to easily respond to regardless of point of soular evolution he had accrued at any particular element in the process his earthly sojourn. Pleading or threatening guy to do extra suitable is of little need in besides of which God became into very conscious. gray components are the fault of mortals, no longer God. faith isn't God's purpose yet merely of guy's. guy created faith basically to allolw a small band of folk to regulate and make the main, for his or her benefit, the rest. confer with "The Jesus Papers" with the aid of Baigent to work out this actuality. Baigent's thesis is; on the subject of Jesus, the bible, and faith; turning out to replica precisely the suspicions I had concluded approximately all of this long previously Baignet printed his findings. Mortals are unaware of the actuality approximately God that's obtainable to all the way via the God particle ensconced interior their soul. The so-spoke of as "church homes" have pulled the virgin wool over guy's eyes merely for his or her benefit.

Answer 7

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Why the rabid opposition to creationism?..God could have planned it that way..and unless someone has a direct line of communication to God, we don;t know any differently.

Steve is right...I was brought up Catholic..it was more of a culture than a religion..maybe both...I am not a Catholic, I left the parochial schools behind along with their ideologies..not sure what the heck I am now, but it's okay, I detest labels anyway.
.a star for you.

Answer 8

God created the earth and everything in it. So to produce faith it would take theories for some to believe and faith in God can not be proving by here it is or there it is. Proof comes from what is not seen. Only those that are open to God and have faith can testify to what God has done for them inside their heart and mind.

If the path is narrow leading to heaven and the road is wide to hell then it would be understandable that fewer get it right and many get it wrong. Dead wrong.(living spiritual death)

God states in His word, bible, that He will show the scholars or scientists they are wrong and foolish for their beliefs in their theories.
This I will just wait to see when the great day comes. I love the Lord and have my proof I need.

Answer 9

That's the most encouraging thing I've heard all day! It gives me hope, seriously.

Answer 10

Virtually every Christian I know of believes in creation. That poll is completely innacurate.