Barna: Americans Are Spiritual But Postmodern
American born-again Christians are likely to feel accepted by God, but deny the Bible as the source of truth. Few make decisions based on the Bible and few believe absolute moral truth exists, a new Barna poll found.
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005 Posted: 7:39:39AM EST

American born-again Christians are likely to feel accepted by God, but deny the Bible as the source of truth. Few make decisions based on the Bible and few believe absolute moral truth exists, according to a new national study of 1002 adults conducted by The Barna Group.

Most Americans say they are “deeply spiritual,” feel “accepted by God,” and say they have a clear understanding of the purpose of their life, the survey, released August 9, found.

About half of all adults (54 percent) claim that they make moral decisions on standards they believe in. Another 24 percent make moral choices based on what feels right or comfortable, doing whatever makes the most people happy or causes the least conflict (9 percent), and pursuing whatever produces the most positive outcomes for the person (7 percent).

According to Barna, this is a reflection of the postmodernist belief that reality is subjective, and therefore, there is no absolute truth.

Very interesting read