One-thrid of U.S. adults consider themselves to be “mostly conservative” on social and political matters, while about half as many (17 percent) say they are “mostly liberal” on such matters. That’s according to a new study conducted by The Barna Group that tracks the substantially different spiritual beliefs, behaviors, and alignments of the two groups. Among the differences: liberals are less than half as likely as conservatives to firmly believe that the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches. Liberals are also far less likely than conservatives to strongly believe their religious faith is very important in their lives (54 percent vs. 82 percent). Liberals are also much less likely than conservatives to believe that “God is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today.” Only about half of liberals adopt that view of God compared to more than four out of five conservatives.
