Do Most Christians Even Know the 10 Commandments?

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he American Bible Society funds an annual “State of the Bible” survey, and this spring the Christian Post cheered some of their findings: “The Bible continues to dominate both mind space and book retail space as America's undisputed best-seller.” According to the study, conducted by Barna, over 88 percent of American homes contain a Bible. In fact, the average is 4.7 copies per household.

Now, I should note that a young non-religious friend once came home from school with a bright green Gideon’s New Testament that she later touted as a reserve of fine rolling papers, which may explain why the household average isn’t a solid 5.

But most Americans treat the Bible with some degree of deference.

Among adults who responded to the survey, 56% were classified as “pro-Bible” meaning they think it is the actual or inspired word of God with no errors. More than a quarter said that they read from the Good Book daily or at least several times a week. Fully half said the Bible contains everything a person needs to know to lead a meaningful life.

[jmowreader]

1. There only really need to be four commandments

1. Don't kill anyone.

2. Don't take things you're not supposed to.

3. Don't lie.

4. Don't have sex with anyone who doesn't want to have it with you.

[PCIntern]

2. There are in fact seven different versions

of the Ten Commandments - the version depends upon which religion one is examining.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

5. I always liked 'Thou shalt not boil a kid in it's mother's milk'. nt

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. That isn't a commandment

It is one of the 613 fence laws.

[eShirl]

3. I was under the impression that Jesus allegedly said it didn't apply to his followers

that he brought a new covenant, or something-or-other

basically rendering the old testament null and void for his followers

then you have all these TV preachers harping on all the old testament fire & brimstone wrath of God stuff

it's all confused anyway...

[hobbit709]

4. No more so than the rest of the book.

A meaningful life devoid of science and mathematics.

[Tetris_Iguana]

6. 73% of statistics are made up 94% of the time.

The derp is strong in this study.

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