For those of us who prefer a rational approach to the world, this Gallup poll is somewhat encouraging:
It suggests that the Americans who once preferred the intellectually lazy position of according the Bible a literalist interpretation have given up that position for a more difficult, but satisfying position of either “inspired by God”, or “Fables.”
Or they just died off and were never replaced. Such are the ways of new generations.
Meanwhile, the closest to the atheist / agnostic position, “Fables…”, has moved from 13% to 29%.
For all that the evangelists and their literalist cousins seem to dominate discourse, they’re actually fading away in numbers, influence, and importance. Know hope.
