Why do only 11% of American post-graduates believe the bible is the actual word of God?

Some of these high school diplomates have a different religion. But you will

lump them in with Atheists, right?

Some of them have studied Comparative Religions in college. They learned

that most religions consider their Dogma, Book, etc. as being written by God.

The Christian Bible as we know it is a compilation of books approved for binding

by the Bishops at the Council of Nicea, starting in 325 AD. Some books (Book

of Asher, for instance) were left out. The assignment for these Bishops

was to consolidate the new cosmology, sort out the relationship of Jesus Christ

with God the Father, and to include all the enclaves and outposts into one

comprehensible format/dogma.

These books were written by humans. Look at the differences of the writers

Matthew, Luke and John about the life and times of Jesus. Similar, yes. The

facts are the same. But these are human accounts. Since those early days,

this Bible is considered as the Word of God, written by God.

I say it is not. I would have been burned at the stake as recently as 1800 for

saying this. You have very old, traditional texts here. People have been

working on this for ages, trying to get every bit of possible meaning out of

who begat whom, and how a father was told to slay his son, and that an 80 year-

old woman had a child. It's gossip to me.

According to your link 41% with high school diplomas or less believe the Bible is Inspired by Word of God.

For those with some college, that increases to 48%

For those who have a four year college degree that increases to 53%

For those with post graduate work, that increases to 57%

You mention that you think the Bible thinks the earth is flat. Yet nothing you quoted says that.

The Bible tells us in Isaiah 40:22 that the earth is a circle, and remember that back then about 800 years before Jesus was born there was no word in the Hebrew language to indicate solid or 3-D object.

The Bible in Dt 4:19 also teaches that the world is round when it says that the stars are apportioned to all the nations. If the world was flat, then everyone would see the same stars.

You have certainly shown to all of us your level of education by this question.

Interesting that you don't question the quality of your education, but insinuate that the problem is with the Bible.

The reason is in the Bible: spiritual things are discerned spiritually. To comprehend scripture requires help from God, which He freely gives to every person who humbly asks Him for it. That defies the Scientific Method that skeptics adhere to.

Educators insist that any evidence requires that only the five scientifically allowed senses are used. Yet scientists who are unafraid to defy the current scientific dogma are discovering amazing things about all living things that disproves the restrictive "five senses" requirement. We are capable of at least one measurable ability beyond the five, electromagnetic sensitivity, and several others not yet measurable by lab equipment, including non-verbal communication.

True religion and science should be great partners. Unfortunately, arrogant and misled educators have made that impossible for an entire generation of misled, howbeit educated, graduates.

Ultimately, no one can discover truth unless they WANT to know the truth that can be obtained from God by sincerely asking Him for it. I have done that, and been blown away by His answers.

Edit: you added several scriptures while I was writing. I will not address each reference, and I will keep this brief. These accounts were written years after the events. As in any court trial, even the most reliable and honest witness will sometimes remember things differently. With some of the other apparent contradictions, for example, touching the Savior, it was a matter of timing: before and after being with the Father. After that, He encouraged others to touch Him to prove that He was truly resurrected.

But once again, desire to know is what is missing here. You have demonstrated that you are only interested in solidifying your position, not discerning truth. Sad.

A lot of times the word "man or men" refers to the entire human race male and female equally. I don't think it really matters about education because it's the Holy Spirit that works through us. When it comes to proof, I'd rather leave that between the person seeking and God himself. God uses people from all walks of life from Doctors to homeless people who have wonderfully smart people.

An education does not prove ones intelligence, I know a great many people who never even graduated High-school who could outsmart most college graduates any day. A diploma or degree is a piece of paper, yes it is a good thing to earn for the right person. But being wise, real wisdom comes from God and experiencing life and learning from your mistakes.

1. Statistics are set up to prove what the person asking the questions wants to prove (usually his/her own point.

2. Religion has nothing to do with education nor intelligence. There is a large cross section of all believers and non believers which range from very smart to the uneducated. There are scientists, teachers (both college and university levels), lawyers and doctors who are very religious and those who are not.

3. The bible is a compilation of the old testament (Laws and traditions of the hebrew/jewish people) and the new testament (the public life of Jesus Christ as told by his apostles). Both have conflicting writings because both were told by the view points of many different MEN. To those who believe GOD INSPIRED the words which these men wrote down. IE: He gave them the idea and they put the idea into their own words. Might not have been GOD's words, but it might have been GOD's ideas.

A tiny, eight-legged critter that can suspend all biological activity in extreme environments survived a journey to space that would have instantly killed any human and most other life forms.

In the first test of its kind, researchers exposed the hardy segmented creatures, called "water bears," to the open and harsh vacuum of space, with all its deadly radiation, on a spacecraft in low-Earth orbit. Many of them survived.

The water bears, known formally as tardigrades, have an ability similar to brine shrimp (also known as Sea Monkeys), which are familiar to many children for their ability to come to life after being sent to homes by mail-order. Tardigrades are speck-sized things, less than 1.5 millimeters long. They live on wet lichens and mosses, but when their environment dries out, they just wait for a return of water. They also resist heat(+250 F), cold(-457 F)... and radiation.

hee, hee , hee

i was in colledge when i was fifteen,

i program video games in both c# and c++(the same laungueges that most game comapnies use btw) and i model rig and animate all of my own models, program all of my own phisics(most companies use prebuilt engines for this, like havok,pixelux, ect), and mix all of my own sound(basicly i do the job of an entire team of programmers by myself)

i built and program robots and computer apps, in my spare time,

I do magic tricks, and have replicated many professional tricks, like the shadow rose by teller, walking on water, the drawn bowling ball trick, the ghost phone, card through window, the indian rope trick and have come up with some of my own,(if you have ever tried doing these you will know it takes alot of problem solving skills, observation, ect ect, it's not easy )

i can juggle(ok so not accedemicaly impressive, but i think it's cool :-)

i have a good understanding of evolution(which i am against), the islam religion, the Christian religion, and athiestic arguments against the existance of God

and on top of that i am a devout Christian, so no, education is not the enemy of religion :-)

Probably because the educated understand the difference between "Word of God" from the Greek "logos" and "words of God" which is something totally different.

The Bible is the "Word of God," meaning the actions of, doings of, or even "oomph" (my profs in seminary loved my translation!) of God. However, the Bible is NOT God's words. It was written entirely by humans, albeit inspired by God, but not dictated by him. Thus, there are differences, errors, and all kinds of things like that.

Because in many cases so-called educated people are also puffed up with pride. They are not humble enough to accept the simplistic, yet truthful account of the holy bible. They dismiss it as mere fables. But they fail to realize that their secular education is foolishness to God. 1st Corinthians 3:19,20 says, "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, "He catches the wise in their own cunning, And again: Jehovah knows that the reasonings of the wise men are futile. Also, 1st Corinthians 1:19-21 says, For it is written: I will make the wisdom of the wise men perish, and the intelligence of the intellectual men I will shove aside. "Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the debater of this systym of things? Did not God make the wisdom of this world foolish? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not get to know God, God saw good thorugh the foolishness of what is preached to save those believing.' So many of those intellectual ones will never get to know Jehovah God or his purpose, because as 2nd Thess 3:2 states, "Faith is not a possession of all people." Even Jesus himself spoke about this. At Mathew 11:25 he said: "I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to babes. So God does not reveal his word to those who dismiss his words and scoff at his teachings, but instead he reveals it to babes who are willing to be taught by Jehovah.

But I urge all of you intellectual ones to fear God and give him glory, for this is the whole obligation of man; spoken by wise king Solomon. Ecclesiastes 12:13. Keep his commandments, for by doing this you will put yourself in line for everlasting life; something no college can lead you to.

Wow ... five college degrees (yeah, rrrrright) were no match for my superior "reporting" skills ... EXCELSIOR!

My favorite part of "biological anthropology" was when the religious students would try to challenge the teacher with their bullshyt, and she would just CHEW 'EM UP ... several simply dropped the class because they couldn't handle the TRUTH!