Interesting Poll

This is copied from The Volokh Conspiracy, its the last entry for Monday June 14 and I do not know how to have a link go to a certain part of a web page.

Interesting recent poll:From Pollingreport.com:

ABC News PrimeTime Poll. Feb. 6-10, 2004. N=1,011 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3. Fieldwork by ICR.

"I'm going to ask about a few stories in the Bible. [See below.] Do you think that's literally true, meaning it happened that way word-for-word; or do you think it's meant as a lesson, but not to be taken literally?"

Literally True Not Literally True No Opinion

"The story of Noah and the ark in which it rained for 40 days and nights, the entire world was flooded, and only Noah, his family and the animals on their ark survived."
60% Literally True
33% Not Literally True
07% No Opinion

"The creation story in which the world was created in six days."
61% Literally True
30% Not Literally True
08% No Opinion

"The story about Moses parting the Red Sea so the Jews could escape from Egypt."
64% Literally True
28% Not Literally True
08% No Opinion

"On another subject, do you think all Jews today bear responsibility for the death of Jesus, or not?"
08% Yes
80% No
12% No Opinion

Its interesting how the majority of the US still sees the Bible as true at least in surveys, now all we need is for folks to live like they say they believe.