20 percent of Christians don’t believe in the God of the Bible — but 17 percent of religious “nones” do

[ATraveller]

These are quite interesting:

 

[Kei]

I find the number of protestants believing that God will judge all people based on their deeds higher than I would have thought.

 

[ATraveller]

Some views from non-Arminians:
Calvinist:

Reformed theology teaches that, for the elect, the purpose of the eschatological judgment “according to works” is to determine degrees of rewards — not to determine whether we shall inherit eternal life
Reformed Quotations on Rewards | Monergism

Lutheran:

God judges on the basis of faith or unbelief (Mark 16:16). While faith and unbelief are matters of the heart, neither is invisible; there is evidence of faith and unbelief in daily life. Jesus’ parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31-46) shows how the Lord will provide evidence for the judgment of the heart he renders.
Judgment according to works? – WELS

 

[FollowChrist34]

This does not surprise me. There are a lot of quite ethical, open hearted atheist ‘mensch’ in the world. Organized religion, on the other hand, has kind of a weird, unexpected shortage of them. Something about knowing you are a humble sinner saved by grace seems to be more of a personal inoculation than a revelation and/or transformation.

 

[Lia]

Haha “faith vs works” shouldn’t be a debate at all, its just arguing semantics. We are all on the same page it seems.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

If it was found out that a priest or clergy member didn’t believe in God

It’s not like they’re going to call up their bishop and go on record with this sort of thing. And you can bet if they did, Father would be told to take some time off and whisked away to some mental health/ counseling/ retreat facility to see if he could be salvaged and sent back to work.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

There are a lot of quite ethical, open hearted atheist ‘mensch’ in the world. Organized religion, on the other hand, has kind of a weird, unexpected shortage of them.

Wow, generalize much?

There are plenty of mensch all along the spectrum, as well as plenty of the other kind all along the spectrum as well.

 

[OsculeturMeOsculo]

There are better jobs.

 

[FollowChrist34]

Yes, you are probably right about that.

 

[Theo520]

I question why anyone would ever desire to be a priest for a religion they didn’t believe in.

Historically becoming a Priest was simply a good career path, when there are few other options.

This would likely still apply in some countries.

 

[margaret42]

What other God is there to believe in? when it comes to real faith?

 

[ProdglArchitect]

And Catholics are Catholics because supposedly they do believe in God! Of the bible!

In this case, Catholic is also considered a cultural demographic belonging to anyone who was born / baptized into the faith. It doesn’t just cover practicing faithful, so sadly it includes “Catholics” who couldn’t be any further from the Church if they tried.

 

[Kei]

Yup, that’s what I had in mind

 

[ATraveller]

Maybe they are realizing that the Bible isn’t the only source

That’s not the case.

20 percent of Christians don’t believe in the God of the Bible — but 17 percent of religious “nones” do Popular Media

Some views from non-Arminians: Calvinist: Reformed theology teaches that, for the elect, the purpose of the eschatological judgment “according to works” is to determine degrees of rewards — not to determine whether we shall inherit eternal life Reformed Quotations on Rewards | Monergism Lutheran: God judges on the basis of faith or unbelief (Mark 16:16). While faith and unbelief are matters of the heart, neither is invisible; there is evidence of faith and unbelief in daily life. Jesus…

 

[Kei]

Well, regardless, the Bible demonstrates judgement based upon works in a sense very much, whether it be from Jesus’ Lips themselves or telling us faith without works is dead, or telling us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, or how literally the only time faith alone is in Scripture it is preceded by a “not by”.

But, @ATraveller , the survey says everyone, not “the elect”. The question wasn’t whether some get judged on their works, but if everyone does.

 

[ATraveller]

the survey says everyone, not “the elect”. The question wasn’t whether some get judged on their works, but if everyone does.

It plays are role in responding to the question though.
And I only cited Lutheran and Calvinist perspectives. Arminians accept works play a role. Most Protestants aren’t pure Calvinists. Lutherans are a minority and confessional ones are a minority within a minority.