The Bible

~ 2 ~ profane beliefs of historical traditions in the Old Testament and in the Gospels and it is often difficult to establish their origin. This for instance applies to both creational accounts of Genesis. It is impossible these days to ignore the fact that the Bible contains scientific errors! The scientific errors in the Bible are the errors of a mankind still in its infancy in regards to knowledge. Every one of the three monotheistic religions has their own collection of scriptures. These documents form the basis of faith for everyone, be they Jewish, Christians or Muslims . They look upon these scriptures as the documentation of divine revelation, either a direct documentation as in the case of Abraham or Moses, which, according to the scriptures, received their commandments directly from GOD, or in an indirect way, like Jesus and Mohammed, whereby the first declared to speak in the name of the FATHER and the second reported the revelations received by the Archangel Gabriel. If one includes all the objective, historic religious events, one really ought to rate the Old Testament, the Gospel and the Koran on an equal footing and regard them as a collection of recorded revelations. But most believers in the Western World will not share this opinion, because under the prevailing Jewish-Christian influence, they refuse to give the Koran its proper status as a scripture of revelations. Bad Salzuflen, July 1994 2.0 Are the Germans loosing their faith? (Published in 1994 in the journal “Das Beste”) During an exclusive survey done on behalf of the journal “Das Beste”, the Bielefelder Meinungsforschungsinstitute EMNID (Public Opinion Research Institute in Bielefeld), ascertained the following results. A representative profile of 1,500 citizens in Germany - 1,000 citizens in the West and 500 citizens in the eastern federal states - were asked to offer a personal opinion in regards to their personal religious experience and the Church as an institution.  Only about 20% of all German citizens would turn to their minister or a Church institution in a personal crisis. More than half of all Germans maintained that the church tax should be replaced by voluntary contributions.  In the new federal states, nearly two thirds of the population didn’t believe in GOD. In the western federal states at least 71% of the people were convinced that GOD existed.  In the eastern part of Germany, not even one third professed to be religious. We do find more believers amongst the older citizens - according to our research it is 58% of the over 65 year old - but not even one in every six person amongst the 20-49 year old confesses to be a Christian. Only one tenth amongst the 12-19 year old is religious. It is quite apparent that the former GDR-government was successful in banishing religion from the life of people to a large degree, by openly condoning atheism. Religious rites are of rather small importance even in their private lives, especially amongst younger people.  Only one third of teenagers and adults under the age of 29 regularly or occasionally say a prayer, but 40% of them never do so.