Newsweek ran a front cover story about the death of christianity in American society. Then within a few days of that cover story hitting the shelves, Rasmussen did a poll asking several questions in relation to the validity of Jesus. Here is an excerpt of their findings. "...Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 88% of adults nationwide think the person known to history as Jesus Christ actually walked the earth 2,000 years ago." That is 5 points higher than last years numbers. In relation to the beliefs of Jesus and christianity Rasmussen found that, "Eighty-two percent (82%) also believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God who came to Earth and died for our sins. Another 10% think otherwise and 8% aren't sure. Nearly as many, 79% believe the central claim of the Christian faith--that Jesus Christ rose from the dead." How is this possible if Newsweek just told America that we do not believe in Jesus and are not a christian nation? This new data completely calls Newsweek out to the carpet for further explanation of their findings and just how they came to claim that America no longer believes in christianity.
We as Americans that are christians or not, must stop outright lies from our news media. Both right and left agendas must come secondary to the truth. If in fact the Rasmussen findings are true, then Newsweek chief editor Christopher Dickey needs to be making several phone calls to ensure that Newsweeks methods of obtaining truth were not actually bias reporting. Same for Scott Rasmussen who also needs to make several more phone calls to ensure his reporting is not just in jest of Newsweeks magazine.
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Are these polls nationwide? Who answered these polls? Did they call your house? While I am lead to believe that America as a whole is still a believes in Jesus Christ, not every American is a "christian." Did these people who answered the polls answer questions about how often they go to church or when was the last time they prayed? Either side of these stats could be adjusted to make the stats say whatever the poll giver desires.
ReplyDeleteExactly...It does not matter about those particular logistics of the polls. It has still not given you the entire truth and thus you are left to believe whatever is written. Whether it is coming from the right or left agendas it is still not complete truth. i want complete truths based on absolutes. Absolutes like where they live and what their age is. All of these factors need to be reported not just the findings of a few questions.
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