How Many Christians Hold a Biblical Worldview?

"It took roughly half a century for America to lose its Christian moorings, and it will take at least that long to restore them."--George Barna, "American Worldview Inventory 2020-2021" If the Bible is still the world's best-selling book and has been for more than 50 consecutive years, according to Barna, how is it that the world, and the United States, in particular, seems to be abandoning its precepts? I picked up a copy of the 2020-2021 American Worldview Inventory for $1 at the local library bookstore, but decided to use the AI Overview in the interest of brevity and convenience for George Barna's definition of "worldview." What is a worldview? Barna wrote, "Simply put, it is the multi-dimensional filter (i.e., intellectual, emotional, and spiritual) through which you make every decision. That's right--every decision in your life is a direct result of your worldview. That filter is most evident when it comes to the big decisions you make every day: moral, relational, vocational, financial, sexual, religious, and lifestyle choices that we regularly make without even realizing that our worldview was the basis of our final decision" (p. 10). Barna compares our worldview to a computer's operating system. It is not just a set of beliefs, but is acted out every day in your life by your actions. You live what you believe, in other words. It is not just what you say you believe, or, perhaps, even what you think you believe. Even though seven out of 10 American adults considered themselves to be Christians during the period of Barna's research in this book, he discovered that "being 'Christian' means different things to different people" (p. 12). A biblical worldview is one in which one's ("dominant process for making their life decisions is to identify the biblical principles and commands that relate to the choices they face, and then to consistently act in ways that conform to those principles and commands." Jesus commanded his disciples in Mark 16:15-16 to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned." This, of course, He did after He "came to earth to spend three years mentoring a group of people in how to live such a life" (Barna, p. 13), and these words were spoken after He was resurrected after being crucified, in what Christians understand to be the fulfillment of biblical prophesy, particularly in Isaiah 53, alluding to his death on the cross as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. even It will be no surprise to anyone to see that different individuals, even different subgroups of different denominations have varying levels of agreement on every principle spoken of in the Bible, and this, I suggest, is the possible explanation for the lack of a biblical worldview among Christians, or people who call themselves Christians, in the United States. In his 2020-2021 study Barna stated that "a mere 6 percent of adults in the United States have a biblical worldview" (p. 19). This is a problem, because Christianity has been the basis of Western Civilization, the Founding of the United States and is the bedrock of our rights and freedoms and the progress human beings have made in every field of human endeavor since the first century AD. If we are watching our civilization crumble before our eyes, I have no doubt this is the very core of the problem. What do you think?