30% of Americans agree Bible is the Word of God

We at Quizpad.Com definitely agree that the Bible is the word of God, but it is unsurprising to know that there is some disagreement on the subject among the larger American population. 30% of respondents in a recent poll beleve that the Bible is the literal word of God, while the rest believe it is either divinely inspired but mainly symbolic or simply an old book. On the upside, this number is higher than it has been in the recent past.

While nearly 50 percent agree that Scripture is “inspired” by God, only three in ten say that it should be interpreted literally. Another 17 percent say the Bible is merely an ancient book of stories recorded by man. According to Gallup, the view that the Bible is divinely inspired, but should not be taken literally, has been the most common opinion over the 40 years that the pollster has been querying Americans on the issue. Gallup noted that the “high point” in the number of Americans believing in the literal interpretation of Scripture was 40 percent in 1980 and 1984, with the low coming in 2001, when only 27 percent said they thought the Bible was the actual, literal word of God.