People don't know their (CEV) Bible
I lament biblical illiteracy as much as anyone,
but I think surveys sometimes load the dice against scripture when illustrating
the public's unfamiliarity with the Bible. A recent example was noted by the
American Bible Society as it released The
Freedom Bible in connection with the 9/ll anniversary.
People were asked the source for this quote: "We
often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don't know what to do, we
never give up."
The choices (and the tally for each) were Martin
Luther King Jr. (699), George W. Bush (402), Captain America (328), the Bible
(306) and "other" (837).