| Like the Victorians, we live in an age of great belief and great doubt, and sometimes it seems as though we must choose between two extremes, the evangelical and the secular. “I don’t want to be too simplistic, but our faith is somewhat childlike,” says the Rev. H B. London, a vice president of James Dobson’s conservative Focus on the Family organization in Colorado Springs. “Though other people may question the historical validity of the virgin birth and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we don’t.” London’s view has vast public support. NEWSWEEK’s poll found that 84 percent of American adults consider themselves Christians, and 82 percent see Jesus as God or the son of God. Seventy-nine percent say they believe in the virgin birth, and 67 percent think the Christmas story – from the angel’s appearance to the Star of Bethlehem - historically accurate. Source: Newsweek, December 20, 2004. page 37. |
