Young people in the UK think the Bible is "old fashioned", "irrelevant", and for church goers, a survey found.Bible knowledge is on an overall decline, although three quarters of the 900 respondents own a copy.
Less than one in 20 could name all Ten Commandments, 40 percent did not know that the tradition of exchanging Christmas presents originated from the story of the Wise Men bringing gifts for the infant Jesus, while 60 percent could not name anything about the Good Samaritan, Reuters reported from the Durham University study.
It is the first recognition of something which we all knew in our gut," said Rev Brian D. Brown, a visiting fellow at St John's College in Durham University. "We knew it was there but we weren't exactly willing to face up to it."
One respondent to the survey said David and Goliath was the name of a ship while another thought Daniel, who survived being thrown into the lions' den, was "The Lion King", said the news.com.au story that cites the news agency report.
Rev Brown said the survey showed the need to push for greater religious education among young people as knowledge of the Bible among the under 45 age group was in decline.
"We have got to recognise that it (the Bible) is the foundation of our society, upon which our whole culture has been based," he said.
"To understand it and to live in it you do need an understanding of the Bible."
Pepper Harow, campaigns officer at the British Humanist Association, said decline simply showed that religion is becoming less important to people.
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