How many Christians have actually read the whole Bible?
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According to the Barna research group:
- 20% of Americans (USA) claim to have read the whole Bible
- 61% of Evangelical Americans (USA) claim to have read the whole Bible
To be honest this is a lot more than I expected!
(These numbers are based on a random sample with a probable maximum error of ±2.8%.)
Upvote:7
Catholics who attend daily Mass for 3 years will have read through the entire Bible, or at least enough to disqualify themselves for St. Jerome to count them among the ignorant of Christ.
Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ
St. Jerome (famous bible translator)
I won't attempt to extrapolate numbers that don't exist, but you might as well assume the number is non-negligible, but probably no more than 3% in North (of Mexico) America and Europe.
Personally, I don't go to Mass every day any more because of work, commute and family, but I did read the whole Bible when I was a telerelay operator and had the time.
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