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美国圣经协会:美国人对圣经的信念与行为脱节

美国圣经协会:美国人对圣经的信念与行为脱节

美国圣经协会(The American Bible Society)一年一度的“圣经状况”调查显示,大多数美国人认为社会需要圣经,但很少有人花时间读圣经。

大部分美国人相信《圣经》包含过一个有意义人生的最好建议,但大多数人太忙而无法阅读经文。

据美国圣经协会的“2013圣经状况”研究,66%的美国人同意“《圣经》包含有关过一个有意义人生所需的一切智慧”;大约58%的人表示,不愿意接受从《圣经》而来的智慧和建议;57%的人每年看《圣经》少于五次。

“相信某种东西是有益的,与你打开心、你的头脑,让这种有益的事介入你的生活,两者之间是有区别的,”美国圣经协会的首席通信官杰夫·莫兰(Geof Morin),上周四在写给基督邮报的一份声明中说道。他解释说,有些人视“阅读圣经如同服药,”而不是一次改变生命的与神的相遇。

莫兰认为,这不是因为缺乏动机,因为60%的成年人表示,希望可以更多阅读《圣经》。“似乎许多美国人,让其他优先事项阻碍了他们打开圣经。”他的组织正试图解决这个问题。

根据圣经协会的网站,圣经协会旨在“把神的话语带回文化中,这里《圣经》缺乏强有力的声音,在今天的教会扩展新的范围,邀请人们的重新考虑和更新他们与神话语的接触。”

“我们在不断创新,如何随时随地在人们繁忙的日程中,以适合的方式为他们提供神的话语,”莫兰说道。他提到智能手机、Kindle和iPad中的《圣经》 ,已创出新高。41%的美国人使用互联网阅读圣经。

莫兰也提到了圣经协会的Facebook、Pinterest和Twitter,该机构使用这些平台传递经文。

美国圣经协会还在加紧工作,因为对待《圣经》的态度,美国出现两极分化。调查指出,约五分之一的人口(21%)相信圣经是神的话语,每周至少读四次;但同时,比其2011年的10%,今年有17%的人认为,认为《圣经》只不过是“人写的另外一本教导书”,很少或从不阅读。认为《圣经》有一定道理,但很少阅读,处在这一中间地带的人 比例有所下降,2012年占26%,今年有23%。

在今天这样一个时代,同性婚姻和堕胎是政治讨论的重要问题,但只有17%自认为是基督徒的成年人表示“愿意吸取和接受圣经有关浪漫和性的教导。”

这项研究也指出,超过一半的美国人(56%)认为《圣经》,在今天美国社会中几乎没什么影响力,只有13%的受访者表示有“非常大的影响”。

他继续说道“许多美国人没有意识到,《圣经》能够影响社会的最简单的方式,就是个人从书架上取下《圣经》阅读,并让《圣经》的话语和智慧影响他们的选择和决定。”

“如果更多的人都能够坚持不懈地阅读《圣经》,并把圣经作为他们生活的指南,我想,这个世界将会更光明,”发言人说道。

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