... somewhat match national statistics, only 33% of the British population actually consider Religion to be important and 17% of the population responded that religion was one of the most significant factors in their lives. Peoples own experience, parents, education and friends come first. From these statistics alone we can clearly see that society doesn't value religion as being important. One problem with statistics that have derived from polls is that the results can usually be false, research has shown that people tend to lie on opinion polls - comparing actual church attendance figures to statistics collected on church attendance shows that actual attendance figures are much less. In data collected from a Mori poll in August 2003, only 55% of the English population could name one of the four Christian Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke or John). Slightly more, 60% could name the sacred text of Muslims - The Koran. These figures ...

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