A recent poll shows that only just under 50 per cent of Americans believe in the existence of God, which is 10 per cent less than in 2008, writes The Washington Times columnist Cheryl Chumley. For a country where “rights come from God”, she says, this development portends the end.
Only half of Americans believe in the existence of God, writes The Washington Times columnist Cheryl Chumley, describing this state of affairs in the country as “unbelieving America”.
In a poll conducted by the NORC Research Center at the University of Chicago, half of Americans said they did not believe in the existence of God, while just under half said the opposite. Meanwhile, 34% of respondents said they never go to church – the highest figure in about 50 years, according to the article.
And while the split is still somewhere around 50/50, there is a noticeable trend towards disbelief, Chumley emphasises.
“For a country where rights come from God and government exists only to protect those inalienable rights and freedoms received from birth, this revelation portends the end,” the author is convinced. – How can you have something ‘God-given’ if you remove God? How can a country that cherishes individualism not fall to the sword of collectivism if God is replaced by government? Faith in God is the foundation of America’s freedoms. And now that faith is waning and waning more and more, reaching dangerously low levels.”
In 2008, for example, 60% of respondents expressed confidence in the existence of God, the author recalls.
At this rate – with faith in God declining by 10% every 15 years – all of America will be a non-believer by the next century. And that means that the US will become a very different place – a very controlled, regulated, government-run place.
“The war in America is, has been and will be over God-given rights – and on a deeper level, against the rulers of the world of darkness, seeking to become the god of men, seeking to gain worship from the people. The choice is simple: God-given or state-given. Rights will only come from one source; choose wisely. If Americans can keep the faith, America will keep its freedom,” Cheryl Chumley sums up her article.
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