First Friday Reminder The BBC is reporting that 30% of children in our modern wasteland know nothing about Christianity and have hardly even heard of Holy Scripture.
"Surveys for the Bible Society found almost three in 10 young people were unaware the story of the birth of Jesus came from the Bible.
A similar number of children had never read or heard about tales of the Crucifixion or Adam and Eve.
The report was based on a poll of 800 children aged eight to 15 and about 1,100 parents.
The study revealed a generation of children with little knowledge of the most important stories forming the basis of Christianity, and parents who often knew little more.
Of the children who were questioned, more than a third failed to identify either the Good Samaritan or David and Goliath as Biblical stories.
Many of the parents who responded saw the Bible as a source of good values for their children.
But almost half did not recognise the story of Noah's Ark as coming from the Bible, and many confused Biblical stories with plotlines from well-known films such as Harry Potter".
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