Only 6 percent of Americans have dominantly biblical worldview, study shows

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Nearly 9 in 10 U.S. adults hold to a mixture of worldviews, otherwise known as syncretism, and only a small percentage have a biblical worldview, a new study by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows.

he research was the first release in the center’s American Worldview Inventory 2021 survey.

It examines a biblical worldview and six prominent competing worldviews, showing confusing beliefs from Americans.

The worldviews are Secular Humanism, Postmodernism, Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, Nihilism, Marxism (including Critical Theory), and Eastern Mysticism, also known as “New Age,” according to new research from George Barna and the center.

“Rather than developing an internally consistent and philosophically coherent perspective, Americans embrace points of view or actions that feel comfortable or most convenient,” Barna noted. Continue reading…