Pastor Dan's Response to Bible and Public Life

Wednesday I posted here and at Faithfully Liberal about the book Unchristian by David Kinnaman -- I picked up a quote from the book concerning the role of Christians in politics. Pastor Dan at Street Prophets picked it up and added some info to my critique.

He points out information that I didn't have at my fingertips. As an age group 18-29 year olds (as a generational cohort) are less likely than earlier generations to age group is the least likely age group to "uphold the primacy of the Bible" there are other statistics even more interesting:

If you look at the original study, you'll see that for young people, the spread between "the Bible" and "the Will of the People" is 52 points (22/74). But look at the other groups showing a
bigger divide:

• College grads, 55 points (20/75)
• Liberal Democrats, 58 points (19/77)
• White mainline Protestants, 62 points (16/78)
• White Catholics, 54 points (21/75)
• Secular, 84 points, (7/91)
• Those who attend church seldom or never, 72 points, (12/84)
• Those who take the Bible seriously but not literally, 55 points, (20/75)
• Those who do not accept it as the Word of God, 92 points, (3/95)
  
  You might think I'm cherry picking results here. Truth is, to varying degrees, nearly all demographics believe the people's will should be more important than the Bible in charting the course of our laws. The only ones who think the reverse are the most conservative elements of American religion.
  

You can find Pastor Dan's post here. The Information he mentions comes from a Pew Forum survey; here is that information -- "Many Americans Uneasy about Mix of Religion and Politics."

So what do you think about how we should set up our laws in this country?