Key Quotes for 2004

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"School girls as young as 11 can be given the Morning - after pill without even their parents knowing".
Sex	Scottish Catholic Observer - 9th April 2004



MORI polled 2004 adults and found that 92 per cent trusted doctors to tell the truth. This was higher than for any other professional group, and the highest figure since such polls began in 1983. Next were teachers at 89 per cent, followed by professors at 80 per cent. Competing for bottom place were journalists (20 per cent), politicians (22 per cent) and government ministers (23 per cent). Estate agents were not included, and television news readers scored only 70 per cent. Of concern to Christian Herald readers, only 75 per cent of the public expect the clergy to tell the truth - 17 per cent thought they would not tell the truth and 8 per cent didn't know. Other findings from the poll were that 87 per cent believed doctors were hard-working, 85 per cent that they were committed, and 83 per cent that they were helpful. In a separate BMA poll in March, 60 per cent of doctors answered no to the question: Do you believe there will be a recognisable National Health Service in 50 years.
Odd Facts	Christian Herald - 10th April 2004



Open Doors is celebrating a successful year. The charity delivered almost four million Bibles, Childrens Bibles and other Scriptural books to persecuted Christians worldwide in 2003, an increase of about 40 per cent over 2002.
Religion/Spirituality	Christian Herald - 10th April 2004



In Indonesia, altogether 917 churches have been destroyed, and has suffered the worst violence against Christians anywhere in the world. One 15-year-old boy, who was tortured for his faith, said to his captors: I am a soldier of Christ. So they cut off one of his hands. Are you still? they asked. Yes, he said, so they cut off the other hand. When he still abandon his faith, they killed him.
Religious Persecution	Christian Herald - 10th April 2004



More than 500,000 Rwandans are infected with HIV/AIDS, in a population of just 8 million. More than 200,000 children were orphaned (and as women who were raped die from AIDS the number is growing). The country's jails are crammed with almost 100,000 men accused of murder during the genocide.
Social Issues	Christian Herald - 10th April 2004



Recent studies in the UK have shown that only 67 per cent of the population give to charity. In 2002, those who did gave an average amount of £13 per month. Charity researchers also discovered that women generally give more than men by almost £1.50 per month and are more inclined to give in the first place.
Money	Christian Herald - 10th April 2004



More than 7,000 people ran the inaugural London Marathon in 1981. Last year 32,746 people stepped up to the challenge.
Odd Facts	The War Cry - 17th April 2004



The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has handed into Parliament a 96,500 - signature petition against the provision of morning-after pills in schools.
Sex	The War Cry - 17th April 2004



Around 30 per cent of children and young adults are affected by an allergy and that number is set to rise. Half of that number have a severe allergy that affects their daily lives. In the past 20 years, the number of people with confirmed allergies has jumped fourfold. Cases of eczema and asthma have doubled over the same period. Four out of ten school children have at least one allergy, and experts predict that one in three adults will develop an allergy in some time during their lives. While 80 per cent of us get the vacuum out at least once a week, research by Morphy Richards shows that poor cleaning routines in many homes create ideal breeding conditions for dust mites. A suprising 44 per cent of homes never vacuum their bed mattresses or upholstery, and 37 per cent of duvets have never been laundered. Major factors that favour the household dust mites: 10 per cent of people vacuum their house less than once a month. 32 per cent of homes no longer get a spring clean. 40 per cent of people don't clean carpets or floors when moving into a new home. 61 per cent of homeowners don't shampoo or steam clean carpets.
Health	The War Cry - 17th April 2004



Storytelling is a dying art - a recent survey by Fox's CUBS has discovered that almost one third of parents with children up to the age of 10 rarely or never read their children a story! Amazingly, only nine per cent of Scottish parents read to their children every day, whereas in the Midlands, 47 per cent of those questioned tell a story every day. When it comes to the most important ingredient of a story, 41 per cent of males surveyed thought excitement came out tops (30 per cent of females) and 27 per cent of females thought fantasy was necessary (only nine per cent of males).
Family	Kids Alive - 17th April 2004



Since the late 1950s, the earth's average surface temperature has increased by 0.6C and snow cover and ice extent have diminished. During the past century, the sea level has risen, on average, by 10-20cm - and the temperature of the oceans has increased. Mid-range estimates for future climate change are 1-3C global mean warming, and a rise in the sea level of 45cm by 2100. It is anticipated that the equivalent of the UK heatwave in the summer of 1976 - which occurs once every 310 years under the current climate - may occur every five to six years by 2050. The heatwave in July-August 1995 in London was associated with a 16 per cent increase in mortality.
Environment	Baptist Times - 15th April 2004



Records during the reign of Mary 1st show that married clergy were deprived of their livelihood; in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, 25 per cent and in Yorkshire 10 per cent, although 3 of the clergy in the city of York preferred to renounce their wives in favour of keeping their position.
Church	The Herald - May 2004



A survey carried out by Christian Research for the Churches Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS), found that only 31 per cent of the interviewed churches had an established recruitment policy, with only 34 per cent taking up written references before appointing workers.
Church	Baptist Times - 1st April 2004



Up to 86 per cent of those who beg are addicted to hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine
Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions	Baptist Times - 1st April 2004



Research shows those aged under 40 are rarely systematic in their giving, unlike their parents who were and are more inclined to give on a planned basis. Regular support provides a bedrock on which a chrity can build.
Money	Evangelicals now - May 2004

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