Posted on 12/10/2017 5:28:22 PM PST by marshmallow
New research has revealed a shocking number of Brits don't know much about the birth of Jesus.
The History Channel survey found 20 per cent didn't know Jesus birth was remembered on Christmas Day and one in 20 thought Jesus was born over Easter.
Around one in 10 were unable to name Bethlehem as Jesus' place of birth while another 10 per cent were unaware he was born in a stable, despite the prevalence of nativity plays and Christian teaching in schools.
A spokesman for the History Channel, which commissioned the research to mark the launch of its new show Robert Powell on The Real Jesus of Nazareth, told the Independent: "For many of us, Christmas is a festivity we all look forward to celebrating with our loved ones.
"But over time, it seems people are becoming more and more unaware about the real reason we mark the day and the story of Jesus."
Despite the confusion over why we celebrate Christmas, the researchers found more than seven in 10 believed they had a good knowledge of the story of Jesus.
The study of 2,000 adults revealed one in 20 couldn't name Mary and Joseph as Jesus' parents while 16 per cent didn't know Jesus' occupation was a carpenter and thought he was jobless.
The research, carried out via OnePoll.com, also revealed only three in ten learned their knowledge of Jesus and his story from The Bible itself.
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One in five headline writers don’t know punctuation?
The Islamic calendar counts the hijrah, not Muhammads birth or his first revelation, as the beginning of Islam.
And just how many of those 1:5 was a muzzie they called a Brit?
Actually September. You can figure it from John the Baptist’s dad when he worked in the Temple date in LUKE.
Many Brit males mistake the anus for the vagina too.
One in five “Brits” are moslems.
By design, allegiance to the state must be absolute, all organized Religions must be driven from the public square for governmental control to become absolute. George Orwell knew this all to well.
They are waiting for apostrophes a get a cool milinial name like when the pound sign (#) became “hashtag”.
Christmas is when we celebrate, recall, review and rejoice in our Redeemer’s birth. We likely have the day different. That’s ok!,
Based on the movie “Love Actually”, I can believe it.
My favorite parts are of the drug addled rocker anyway.
I don’t, personally, associate with the subliterate, so I can only go by what the Journal says.
Oh, good point.
Maybe they know about his actual birth in Sept.
Well,at least 1 in 10 “Brits” are moslems from Third World cesspools like Pakistan so this shouldn’t be a surprise.
Seven out of five reporters don't understand fractions.
“And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark, satanic mills?”
Nah, I guess not.
I am astounded at the abject ignorance so many people have of what should be general knowledge.
Doubtless a pisces...
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