Princess Bubble's message is that true happily ever after comes from loving God, helping others and liking who you already are.
We, the authors, are Christians. But, we have had support for our message from many of other faiths. Like, Wendy Shalit of the Modesty Zone. (Great site if you are not familiar) But every now and then, we run in to someone that questions the marketability of a book that mentions God.
Has our country really become God-less? I believe the majority of Americans believe in some higher being. I am sure there is a small percentage of our country that are atheist. But the agnostic people Kim and I have encounter seem to be jealous of our faith. They wish they believed in something; but have just not felt their hearts pierced or touched by God as we have felt.
I would love to hear other people's views. Would you be offended by the mention of God?
We are not changing our message because it is far more important to us to change lives, encourage girls and women and share this message with the world than to be marketable.
God bless America and all Princesses!
posted by Susan Johnston Hamrick @ 5:05 PM
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By Brian Braiker
Newsweek
Updated: 3:04 p.m. ET March 31, 2007
March 30, 2007 - A belief in God and an identification with an organized religion are widespread throughout the country, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. Nine in 10 (91 percent) of American adults say they believe in God and almost as many (87 percent) say they identify with a specific religion. Christians far outnumber members of any other faith in the country, with 82 percent of the poll’s respondents identifying themselves as such. Another 5 percent say they follow a non-Christian faith, such as Judaism or Islam. Nearly half (48 percent) of the public rejects the scientific theory of evolution; one-third (34 percent) of college graduates say they accept the Biblical account of creation as fact. Seventy-three percent of Evangelical Protestants say they believe that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years; 39 percent of non-Evangelical Protestants and 41 percent of Catholics agree with that view.
Although one in ten (10 percent) of Americans identify themselves as having "no religion," only six percent said they don’t believe in a God at all. Just 3 percent of the public self-identifies as atheist, suggesting that the term may carry some stigma. Still, the poll suggests that the public’s tolerance of this small minority has increased in recent years. Nearly half (47 percent) of the respondents felt the country is more accepting of atheists today that it used to be and slightly more (49 percent) reported personally knowing an atheist. Those numbers are higher among respondents under 30 years old, 62 percent of whom report knowing an atheist (compared to just 43 percent of those 50 and older). Sixty-one percent of the under-30 cohort view society as more accepting of atheists (compared to 40 percent of the Americans 50 and older).
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