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Subject: Is religious faith still relevant? Poll <<new article>>


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Date Posted: 12:57:57 03/21/02 Thu
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Is religious faith still relevant?


"After September 11, people were saying that religion and faith was playing a more important role in their lives.
Six months later more than half of Americans said that religion was in decline.

This figure follows the trend of the past few years. 44% of those polled in the UK said they had no religious affiliation and 14% of Britons asked three years ago said they did not know who Christ was.

But are religious bodies themselves to blame for the decline? They are the oldest institutions in the world, but are they the slowest to respond to modern times in areas such as drugs, homosexuality and family relationships.

Is religious faith relevant? Are we a multi-faith society or one where many have no faith at all? "

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http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_1885000/1885779.stm

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