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Most US Christians Heretics, Evangelicals Hereticalest

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Dr Adequate
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10-12-2016 12:45 PM

Story here.
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Only participants who called the Bible their highest authority, said personal evangelism is important, and indicated that trusting in Jesus’ death on the cross is the only way of salvation, were labeled evangelical. They totaled 586 survey-takers.
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Everyone expected them to perform better than most Americans. No one expected them to perform worse. Seven in ten evangelicalsmore than the population at largesaid that Jesus was the first being God created. Fifty-six percent agreed that the Holy Spirit is a divine force but not a personal being. They also saw a huge increase in evangelicals (28 percent, up from 9 percent) who indicated that the Third Person of the Trinity is not equal with God the Father or Jesus, a direct contradiction of orthodox Christianity.
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Still, if they're a bit flaky on minor theological issues like the Trinity, at least they're rock solid on the more important tenets of the faith such as voting Republican.
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10-12-2016 6:11 PM

Fun fact, polls by the Public Religion Research Institute show that only 27% of Americans think that God controls the outcome of sporting events, but 56% of Americans think he controls everything.
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In related news, it turns out that at least 29% of Americans don't know what "everything" means.
  
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