Americans flunk question on Captain America vs. Bible
(RNS) Pop quiz: Who said "We often suffer, but we are never crushed.
Even when we don't know what to do, we never give up"?
According to a recent poll, more Americans attributed the passage to
comic book hero Captain America, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and
former President George W. Bush than its actual source: the New
Testament book of 2 Corinthians.
A survey commissioned by the American Bible Society found that 56
percent of Americans surveyed misattributed the quote. At 27 percent,
King received the most misplaced credit; just 12 percent correctly
attributed it to the Bible.
The survey by Harris Interactive was conducted online among 2,572
adults.
