15 December 2008

Virgin birth belief surprise

I was pleasantly surprised by this set of stats reported here: Theos think tank - News -> 1 in 3 Britons believe in virgin birth the salient point being:
"In the poll of over a thousand adults, undertaken for Theos by ComRes, 34% of people agreed that the statement 'Jesus was born to a virgin called Mary' was historically accurate. Only 32% considered it fictional. Women are more likely to believe in the virgin birth (39%) than men (29%)."
Full report here.

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