religion
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The Party of God vs. the Party of Government
“The U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious,” reads the headline from the new Pew Poll Religion in America series. The share of Americans who profess to believe in God has dropped from 92 to 89 percent since the Pew Research Center conducted its last Landscape Study in 2007. That said, the U.S. is still home to the highest percentage of believers in any advanced nation in the world.
The Media’s Ignorance of American Religion
I seemingly must rewrite this every election season. As Ben Carson rises and the media is confronted by some mysterious something called a “Seventh Day Adventist,” it is time again to explain American Protestantism to the press. It is amazing how the American mainstream media continues to write about American Christianity with complete ignorance regarding its basic terms, history, and beliefs.
So What if Ben Carson Is a Creationist?
The TV news was on, and there was a story about the leading candidates in the Republican presidential field. “So if Donald Trump gets the nomination,” my liberal friend needled me, “are you going to vote for him?” “He’s *not* going to be the nominee,” I said, “but I wouldn’t vote for him in any case.” “What about Ben Carson?” he wanted to know. I like what I’ve seen of Carson’s personality and character, I replied, but I couldn’t imagine backing someone so inexperienced for president. Then I added: “He’d make a great surgeon general, though!”
