Most americans see Bible, Quran and e-book of Mormon as ...

© Rick Bowmer (Rick Bowmer | AP file picture) The booklet of Mormon.

A majority of americans (sixty five%) say that the Bible, the Quran and the e-book of Mormon are "all expressions of the equal truths."

That slightly-extraordinary discovering is a component of a just-launched survey of 3,020 U.S. adults (with a 1.78% plus or minus margin of error) conducted collectively by the American Bible Society and the Barna group.

extra predictable become the undeniable fact that most self-identified Christians (fifty two%) disagreed with that assessment, either somewhat or strongly.

Evangelical Christians, as an instance, see the Quran, which Muslims believe was dictated to the Prophet Muhammad with the aid of an angel, and the ebook of Mormon, which members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints trust carries the story of Jesus touring the historical Americas, as false and heretical.

© Heri Juanda (Heri Juanda | AP file image) Muslim guys donning face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus study the Quran right through the primary day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in the religiously conservative province of Aceh, Indonesia, April 24, 2020.

Dallas-based mostly Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress has said both Islam and Mormonism are "heresies."

"now not most effective do religions like Mormonism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism ...lead people faraway from God," spoke of Jeffress, who has been an adviser to President Donald Trump, in 2010, "they lead americans to an eternity of separation from God in hell."

different findings of the Bible Society survey encompass:

• Two-thirds of yankee adults say they have got maintained their Bible reading during this previous 12 months, which blanketed the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas 22% % say it has multiplied.

• people that examine it continuously — at the least weekly — were greater prone to say their Bible reading has risen during the past twelve months, while people who examine it less generally were extra more likely to say it has reduced all over the previous 12 months.

• The survey discovered wide variance in what respondents consider the Bible is. 1 / 4 (24%) say that it's "the actual observe of God, meant for literal interpretation." just about a 3rd (31%) say it is "impressed," but some constituents "are symbolic instead of literal." Some 15% say that "whereas the Bible is impressed, it includes mistakes." About 11% agree with that "it is not inspired" and is "essentially the authors' interpretations of God." About 18% view the Bible as "just yet another e-book of teachings."