Most U.S. Christians Don't Believe Satan, Holy Spirit Exist
By Jennifer Riley
Christian Post Reporter
Mon, Apr. 13 2009
The majority of American Christians do not believe that Satan is a real being or that the Holy Spirit is a living entity, the latest Barna survey found.
Nearly six out of ten Christians either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with the statement that Satan "is not a living being but is a symbol of evil," the survey found.
Forty percent strongly agreed with the statement while 19 percent of American Christians somewhat agreed.
In contrast, about 35 percent of American Christians believe Satan is real. Twenty-six percent strongly disagreed with the statement that Satan is merely symbolic and about one-tenth (9 percent) somewhat disagreed. the rest
posted by Pat Dague @ 10:35 AM
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Actually, the way they framed the question is terrible- essentially: is the Holy Spirit a "living entity"? For those who would take that to mean "biological organism" the answer might well be "no". By His very nature, the Holy Spirit transcends common "existence" and that God's form of existence is incomprehensible to our rather limited view of living organisms.
Now, ask me if the Holy Spirit exists or has "being", and the answer is definitely "yes". But that is not the question people were asked.
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