Truth

According to the book THE DAY AMERICA TOLD THE TRUTH Americans are making up their own rules and laws.  The says that there is absolutely no moral consensus in this as there was in the 1950s and 1960s.

  Religion plays almost no role in shaping most lives, the study found.  While nine out of every ten people say they believe in God, only one in five had ever talked to a minister, priest, or rabbi about a personal problem.  Four in every five said they believe in an afterlife.  Almost half believe they're headed to heaven, while only 4 percent expect to spend time in hell.

  The results the survey conducted by the book reveal that only 13 percent of the population still believes in all the Ten Commandments.  Nine out of ten lie regularly.  Nearly one-third of married Americans have had an affair.  One-fifth of the nation's children have lost their virginity by age 13.  One in seven Americans carries a handgun or has one in a vehicle.  One in five women say she has been raped by a date.  For $10 million, 7 percent of the American people will kill a stranger, 23 percent would be willing to become a prostitute, and 25 percent would be willing to abandon their family.