This is from article on my msn today. It is entitled "The Christmas Miracle."

-- Luke Juarez (hubertdorm@yahoo.com), December 06, 2004

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"79% of Americans believe... Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, without human father.

67% believe in the entire story of Christmas-- the Virgin Birth, the angelic proclamation to the shepherds, the Star of Bethlehem and the Wise Men from the East..."

24% ...believe the story of Christmas is a theological invention written to affirm faith in Jesus Christ...

55% [believe that] every word of the Bible is literally accurate.

93% believe Jesus Christ actually lived and

82% believe that Jesus Christ was God or the Son of God."

-- Luke Juarez (hubertdorm@yahoo.com), December 06, 2004.

52% believe... that Jesus will return to earth someday.

15% believe Jesus will return in their lifetime.

11% say American society as a whole very closely reflects true Christian values and the spirit of Jesus..."

62% favor teaching creation science in addition to evolution in public schools...

43% favor teaching creation science instead of evolution in public schools."

-- Luke Juarez (hubertdorm@yahoo.com), December 06, 2004.

Well, I don't believe in the Virgin Birth.

That represents about 15% of United States people.

Less than 220 million claim a religion in the United states out of 300 million.

The Christian Yahwist

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonval@yahoo.com), December 07, 2004.

82% believe that Jesus Christ was God or the Son of God.

I find it hard to believe that 82% have the actual Revelation that Jesus is the Son of God. I think many just "parrot" the belief, but have never realized the true fact of the matter in their heart about Christ's Eternal Sonship and Origin in the Father.

If 82% sincerely believed/realized Jesus is Eternal Lord and God, this country would be totally different.

-- Max Darity (arrowtouch@yahoo.com), December 09, 2004.

I agree with you Max.

The percentage of born-again believers in this country is on the rise all the time--but it can't be that high, or this country would never have tolerated Michael Moore for as long as it did--for example. Lol!

I know there are better examples of course....such as the abortion rate, etc.

I always claimed to believe in Jesus and I always said that I knew he died for me. But I never really understood that deep in my soul. I never really *believed* it until the day when I was born-again and it hit me like out of nowhere, while I was in the Scriptures during a service that was speaking directly to me : )

-- (faith01@myway.com), December 09, 2004.